First measurements of aerosol optical depth and Angstrom exponent number from AERONET's Kuching site

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 78, Issue , 2013, Pages 231-241

  Salinas, Santo V ^a   Chew, Boon N ^a   Mohamad, M ^b   Mahmud, M ^c   Liew, Soo C ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Environmental Studies Division   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

AERONET; Aerosols; Biomass burning; Kuching; South East Asia

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

AERONET; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; BIOMASS-BURNING; KUCHING; OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PHOTOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; RADIATION MEASUREMENTS; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

AEROSOL; DRY SEASON; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OPTICAL DEPTH; PHOTOMETER; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SMOKE; WIND WAVE;

AEROSOL; ANGSTROM EXPONENT NUMBER; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CLOUD; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT; FIRE; INDONESIA; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MALAYSIA; MATHEMATICAL VARIABLE; OPTICAL DEPTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; SEASON; SINGAPORE; SMOKE; WIND;

EAST MALAYSIA; KUCHING; MALAYSIA; SARAWAK;

EID: 84882679406     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.02.016     Document Type: Article

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