Characterization of aerosol optical properties over the high-altitude station Hanle, in the trans-Himalayan region

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 138, Issue , 2014, Pages 308-323

  Ningombam, Shantikumar S ^a   Bagare, S P ^a   Sinha, N ^b   Singh, Rajendra B ^a   Srivastava, A K ^c   Larson, E ^d   Kanawade, V P ^e  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ASTROPHYSICS   (India)

^b WENTWORTH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Aerosol optical depth; Biomass burning; Desert dust; Skyradiometer; Trans Himalayas

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; BIOMASS-BURNING; DESERT-DUST; SKYRADIOMETER; TRANS-HIMALAYAS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; DUST; LANDFORMS; LINEAR REGRESSION;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; BIOMASS BURNING; DESERT; DUST; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIOMETER; TROPOSPHERE;

HARYANA; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; IRAN; PUNJAB [INDIA]; WEST ASIA;

EID: 84890837850     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2013.11.025     Document Type: Article

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