Absorbing and scattering properties of boundary layer aerosols over Dibrugarh, Northeast India

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 35, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 5527-5543

  Pathak, Binita ^a   Bhuyan, Pradip Kumar ^a  

^a DIBRUGARH UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; BOUNDARY LAYERS; FOSSIL FUELS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ABSORPTION CO-EFFICIENT; FOSSIL FUEL BURNING; MASS CONCENTRATION; MONOTONIC DECREASE; SCATTERING CO-EFFICIENT; SCATTERING PROPERTY; SINGLE SCATTERING ALBEDO; WAVELENGTH DEPENDENCE;

AEROSOLS;

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT; AEROSOL; BLACK CARBON; BOUNDARY LAYER; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICAL PROPERTY; RADIATIVE FORCING; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ASSAM; DIBRUGARH; INDIA;

EID: 84900873526     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2014.926424     Document Type: Article

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