Aerosol climatology and discrimination of aerosol types retrieved from MODIS, MISR and OMI over Durban (29.88°S, 31.02°E), South Africa

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 117, Issue , 2015, Pages 9-18

  Kumar, K Raghavendra ^a   Yin, Yan ^a   Sivakumar, V ^b   Kang, Na ^a   Yu, Xingna ^a   Diao, Yiwei ^a   Adesina, A Joseph ^b   Reddy, R R ^c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c Sri Ramanujan Institute of Technology B K Samudram Mandal   (India)

Author keywords

Aerosol optical depth; Biomass burning; HYSPLIT; MISR; MODIS

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECTROMETERS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROMETERS;

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; BIOMASS-BURNING; HYSPLIT; MISR; MODIS;

AEROSOLS;

AERONET; AEROSOL; AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIOMASS BURNING; CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL ZONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HETEROGENEITY; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MISR; MODIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; OZONE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRAJECTORY; URBAN AREA;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; AUTUMN; CLIMATE; CLOUD; METEOROLOGY; OPTICAL DEPTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTH AFRICA; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; SPRING; SUMMER; WATER CONTAMINATION; WINTER;

DURBAN; KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84937026742     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.06.058     Document Type: Article

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