Seasonal variation and classification of aerosols over an inland station in India

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 241-248

  Sivaprasad, P ^a   Babu, C A ^a  

^a Department of Physics   (India)

Author keywords

AERONET; Aerosol optical depth; Angstrom exponent; Cluster analysis

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; STORMS;

AERONET; AEROSOL CHARACTERISTICS; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; ANGSTROM EXPONENT; ANTHROPOGENIC AEROSOLS; ANTHROPOGENIC ORIGIN; INDIAN SUBCONTINENTS; MICROPHYSICAL PROPERTY;

AIR POLLUTION;

AERONET; AEROSOL; AEROSOL PROPERTY; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICAL DEPTH; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STORM;

GANGETIC PLAIN; INDIA;

EID: 84898786565     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.1319     Document Type: Article

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