Aerosol characteristics and radiative forcing during pre-monsoon and post-monsoon seasons in an Urban environment

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 99-107

  Alam, Khan ^a,b   Us Sahar, Najm ^a   Iqbal, Yaseen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR   (Pakistan)

^b Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

AERONET; AOD; ARF; ASY; MODIS; Post monsoon; Pre monsoon; SSA

Indexed keywords

AERONET; AOD; ARF; ASY; MODIS; POST-MONSOON; PRE-MONSOON; SSA;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; RADIOMETERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

ABSORPTION; AEROSOL; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DUST; MODIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIATIVE FORCING; URBAN AREA; URBAN POLLUTION;

EID: 84893084192     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2013.05.0154     Document Type: Article

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