Anthropogenic fine aerosols dominate the wintertime regime over the northern Indian Ocean

Krishnakant Budhavant; Srinivas Bikkina; August Andersson; Eija Asmi; John Backman; Jutta Kesti; H. Zahid; S. K. Satheesh; Örjan Gustafsson

doi:10.1080/16000889.2018.1464871

Anthropogenic fine aerosols dominate the wintertime regime over the northern Indian Ocean

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 70 (2018): Issue 1

By: Krishnakant Budhavant, Srinivas Bikkina, August Andersson, Eija Asmi, John Backman, Jutta Kesti, H. Zahid, S. K. Satheesh and Örjan Gustafsson

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Keywords:

Aerosol optical depth,

air pollution,

black carbon,

chemical composition,

South Asia

© 2018 Krishnakant Budhavant, Srinivas Bikkina, August Andersson, Eija Asmi, John Backman, Jutta Kesti, H. Zahid, S. K. Satheesh, Örjan Gustafsson, published by Stockholm University Press
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