A multi-model evaluation of aerosols over South Asia: Common problems and possible causes

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 5903-5928

  Pan, X ^a   Chin, M ^a   Gautam, R ^b   Bian, H ^a,c   Kim, D ^a,d   Colarco, P R ^a   Diehl, T L ^a,d,j   Takemura, T ^e   Pozzoli, L ^f   Tsigaridis, K ^g,h   Bauer, S ^g,h   Bellouin, N ⁱ  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^e KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^g NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^h Center for Climate Systems Research   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^j JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERONET; AEROSOL; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL PROPERTY; CALIPSO; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; MODELING; OPTICAL DEPTH; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

INDIA; KANPUR; SOUTH ASIA; UTTAR PRADESH;

EID: 84930630842     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-5903-2015     Document Type: Article

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