Effects of crop residue burning on aerosol properties, plume characteristics, and long-range transport over northern India

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 5424-5444

  Kaskaoutis, D G ^a   Kumar, S ^b   Sharma, D ^c   Singh, R P ^d   Kharol, S K ^e   Sharma, M ^f   Singh, A K ^b   Singh, S ^g   Singh, Atinderpal ^c   Singh, D ^c  

^a SHIV NADAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c PUNJABI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f SHARDA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^g NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; URBAN GROWTH;

AEROSOL SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; AGRICULTURAL CROP RESIDUES; CROP RESIDUE; IGP; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; OZONE MONITORING INSTRUMENTS; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING; SINGLE-SCATTERING ALBEDO;

AGRICULTURAL WASTES;

AEROSOL; BIOMASS BURNING; CROP RESIDUE; MODIS; OUTFLOW; PARTICLE SIZE; PLUME; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; PUNJAB [INDIA];

EID: 84901705652     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JD021357     Document Type: Article

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