The optical and physical properties of atmospheric aerosols over the Indian Antarctic stations during southern hemispheric summer of the International Polar Year 2007–2008

• Published in: Annales Geophysicae
• Main Authors: J. P. Chaubey, K. Krishna Moorthy, S. Suresh Babu, V. S. Nair
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2011
• Subjects: Science; Q; Physics; QC1-999; Geophysics. Cosmic physics; QC801-809; Antarctic; Indian; Larsemann Hills; Maitri; Antarc*; Antarctica; International Polar Year; IPY
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-29-109-2011; https://doaj.org/article/e7c18c27412e4d75b834a98090dc99cc

The properties of background aerosols and their dependence on meteorological, geographical and human influence are examined using measured spectral aerosol optical depth (AOD), total mass concentration ( M T ) and derived number size distribution (NSD) over two distinct coastal locations of Antarcti...