Assessment of aerosols optical properties and radiative forcing over an Urban site in North-Western India

The present work is aimed to analyze aerosols optical properties and to estimate aerosol radiative forcing (ARF) from January to December 2013, using sky radiometer data over Rohtak, an urban site in North-Western India. The results reveal strong wavelength dependency of aerosol optical depth (AOD),...

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Veröffentlicht in:Environmental technology. - 1993. - 38(2017), 10 vom: 13. Mai, Seite 1232-1244
1. Verfasser: Mor, Vikram (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Dhankhar, Rajesh, Attri, S D, Soni, V K, Sateesh, M, Taneja, Kanika
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2017
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Environmental technology
Schlagworte:Journal Article AOD Aerosols SSA radiative forcing Air Pollutants Particulate Matter
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