The effect of boundary layer dynamics on aerosol properties at the Indo-Gangetic plains and at the foothills of the Himalayas

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 89, Issue , 2014, Pages 548-555

  Raatikainen, T ^a   Hyvarinen A P ^a   Hatakka, J ^a   Panwar, T S ^b   Hooda, R K ^a,b   Sharma, V P ^b   Lihavainen, H ^a  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b THE ENERGY AND RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Brown cloud; Himalayas; India

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; METEOROLOGY;

AEROSOL MASS CONCENTRATION; BOUNDARY LAYER DYNAMICS; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT; SYNOPTIC SCALE CIRCULATION;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

BLACK CARBON;

AEROSOL; AIR MASS; ALTITUDE; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MASS TRANSPORT; METEOROLOGY; MONSOON; TRAJECTORY; VERTICAL MIXING;

AEROSOL; AIR; AIR POLLUTION; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BOUNDARY LAYER; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COASTAL PLAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; DYNAMICS; FOOTHILL; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HEIGHT; HUMIDITY; MASS; MEASUREMENT; METEOROLOGY; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL RAIN FOREST; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTH ASIA; TOPOGRAPHY;

DELHI; GANGETIC PLAIN; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; NEW DELHI;

EID: 84895939625     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.02.058     Document Type: Article

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