Annual variations of the altitude distribution of aerosols and effect of long-range transport over the southwest Indian Peninsula

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 81, Issue , 2013, Pages 51-59

  Mishra, Manoj Kumar ^a   Rajeev, K ^a   Thampi, Bijoy V ^a,b   Nair, Anish Kumar M ^a  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Depolarization ratio; Elevated aerosol layer; Indian region; Lidar

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL LAYERS; ALTITUDE DISTRIBUTIONS; BACKSCATTER COEFFICIENTS; DEPOLARIZATION RATIO; DUAL-POLARIZATIONS; INDIAN REGION; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; OPTICAL RADAR;

LOADING;

AEROSOL; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BACKSCATTER; LIDAR; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AEROSOL; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BOUNDARY LAYER; HEIGHT; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; MINERAL DUST; OCEANIC REGIONS; PLUME; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; TROPOSPHERE; WIND; WINTER;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; KERALA; THIRUVANANTHAPURAM;

EID: 84884398352     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.08.066     Document Type: Article

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