Satellite-based 3D structure of cloud and aerosols over the Indian Monsoon region: Implications for aerosol-cloud interaction

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8529, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Dey, Sagnik ^a   Sengupta, Kamalaika ^a   Basil, George ^a   Das, Sushant ^a   Nidhi, ^a   Dash, S K ^a   Sarkar, Arjya ^a   Srivastava, Parul ^a   Singh, Ajit ^a   Agarwal, P ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Cloud; Indian monsoon; Interaction; Regional climate model; Vertical structure

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MULTILAYERS; REMOTE SENSING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL-CLOUD INTERACTION; INDIAN MONSOON; INTERACTION; RADIOMETRIC TECHNIQUES; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELING; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; VERTICAL STRUCTURES;

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EID: 84899801947     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.979246     Document Type: Conference Paper

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