Aerosol spectral optical depths and typical size distributions at a coastal urban location in India

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 439-446

  Niranjan, K ^a   Babu, Y Ramesh ^a   Satyanarayana, G V ^a   Thulasiraman, S ^a  

^a ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; OPTICAL DEPTH;

INDIA, VISAKHAPATNAM;

EID: 0031399749     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusb.v49i4.15981     Document Type: Article

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