Vertical profiles of optical and microphysical particle properties above the northern Indian Ocean during CARDEX 2012

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 1045-1064

  Hopner F ^a   A M Bender, F ^a   Ekman, A M L ^a   Praveen, P S ^b   Bosch, C ^a,e   Ogren, J A ^a,c   Andersson, A ^a   Ramanathan, V ^d  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT   (Nepal)

^c EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e FUNDACIÓ CTM CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT; AEROSOL PROPERTY; AIR MASS; BLACK CARBON; MONSOON; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATIVE FORCING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; UNMANNED VEHICLE; VERTICAL PROFILE;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (NORTH); MALDIVES;

EID: 84956694753     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-16-1045-2016     Document Type: Article

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