Challenges in early warning of the persistent and widespread winter fog over the Indo-Gangetic Plains: A satellite perspective

Reducing Disaster: Early Warning Systems for Climate Change

Volumn 9789401785983, Issue , 2014, Pages 51-61

  Gautam, Ritesh ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Air quality; Fog; Fog forecasting; Haze; Indo Gangetic Plains; Remote sensing; South Asia

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; FOG; METEOROLOGY; TOPOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DENSE FOG; EARLY WARNING; FOG FORECASTING; FOG FORMATION; HAZE; INDO-GANGETIC PLAINS; REMOTE-SENSING; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHERN ASIA;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 84931347713     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-8598-3_3     Document Type: Chapter

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