Aerosol optical properties over a coastal site in Goa, along the west coast of India.

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 130-131, Issue , 2015, Pages 182-189

  Shirodkar, Shilpa ^a   Menon, Harilal B ^a  

^a GOA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aerosol optical depth (AOD); Long range transport; Second order polynomial fit; ngstr m parameters ( , )

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; COASTAL ENGINEERING; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; POLYNOMIALS; SEA LEVEL;

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL OPTICAL PROPERTY; INTRA-SEASONAL VARIABILITIES; LEAST SQUARE METHODS; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; SECOND-ORDER POLYNOMIAL; SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 84934962428     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2015.06.002     Document Type: Article

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