Wintertime characteristics of aerosols at middle Indo-Gangetic Plain: Impacts of regional meteorology and long range transport

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 104, Issue , 2015, Pages 162-175

  Kumar, M ^a   Tiwari, S ^a   Murari, V ^a   Singh, A K ^a   Banerjee, T ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Aerosol optical depth; CALIPSO; Indo Gangetic Plain; MODIS; Trans boundary

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; MASS TRANSPORTATION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ORBITS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; CALIPSO; INDO-GANGETIC PLAINS; MODIS; TRANS-BOUNDARY;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; AQUA (SATELLITE); CALIOP; CALIPSO; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MODIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; WIND PROFILE; WINTER;

AEROSOL; AFGHANISTAN; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIOMASS; BOUNDARY LAYER; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISPERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMIDITY; INCINERATION; INDIA; METEOROLOGY; MIDDLE EAST; MINERAL DUST; OPTICAL DEPTH; PAKISTAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTOOXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SCATTERING; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SUN EXPOSURE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOPOGRAPHY; URBAN AREA; VISIBILITY; WETTABILITY; WIND; WINTER;

GANGETIC PLAIN;

EID: 84920901997     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.01.014     Document Type: Article

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