A long-term study of aerosol modulation of atmospheric and surface solar heating over Pune, India

Sumit Kumar; P. C. S. Devara

doi:10.3402/tellusb.v64i0.18420

A long-term study of aerosol modulation of atmospheric and surface solar heating over Pune, India

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 64 (2012): Issue 1

By: Sumit Kumar and P. C. S. Devara

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v64i0.18420 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889

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Language: English

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Submitted on: Mar 26, 2012

Published on: Jan 1, 2012

Published by: Stockholm University Press

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Keywords:

aerosol optical properties,

direct radiative effect,

surface albedo,

sun/sky radiometer,

heating rates

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