Fluorescent biological aerosol particle measurements at a tropical high-Altitude site in southern India during the southwest monsoon season

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 15, 2016, Pages 9805-9830

  Valsan, A E ^a   Ravikrishna, R ^a   Biju, C V ^b   Pohlker C ^c   Despres V R ^d   Huffman, J A ^e   Poschl U ^c   Gunthe, S S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^b Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering   (India)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; MONSOON; PARTICLE SIZE; RAINFALL; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; WIND;

INDIA;

EID: 84982790805     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-16-9805-2016     Document Type: Article

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