Characteristics of absorbing aerosols during winter foggy period over the National Capital Region of Delhi: Impact of planetary boundary layer dynamics and solar radiation flux

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 188, Issue , 2017, Pages 1-10

  Tyagi, S ^a   Tiwari, S ^b   Mishra, A ^a   Singh, S ^c   Hopke, Philip K ^d   Singh, Surender ^e   Attri, S D ^f  

^a GAUTAM BUDDHA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

^c NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^d CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CCS HARYANA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^f INDIA METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Aerosol optical depth; Angstrom exponent; Black carbon; Planetary boundary layer; Solar radiation flux; Ventilation coefficient

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; FOG; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; POLLUTION; SOLAR RADIATION;

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; ANGSTROM EXPONENT; BLACK CARBON; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS; SOLAR-RADIATION FLUXES;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BLACK CARBON; BOUNDARY LAYER; FOG; OPTICAL DEPTH; SOLAR RADIATION; VENTILATION; WINTER;

DELHI; INDIA;

EID: 85009919861     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2017.01.001     Document Type: Article

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