Biomass Burning Smoke over Northern West Indian Subcontinent, Optical Characteristics and Vertical Distribution

Alaa Mhawish, Banaras Hindu University, Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development, Varanasi, 221, India, Kameswara S Vinjamuri, DST-Mahamana Centre of Excellence in Climate Change Research, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, Varanasi, India, Manish Kumar, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, Meytar Sorek-Hamer, NASA Ames Research Center, USRA, Moffett Field, United States and Tirthankar Banerjee, Institute of Environment & Sustainable Development, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India