Atmospheric aerosol-cloud-stability relationship as observed with optical and radio remote sensing techiques

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 65-76

  Devara, P C S ^a   Pandithurai, G ^a   Raj, P E ^a   Maheskumar, R S ^a   Dani, K K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0032144222     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8095(97)00043-4     Document Type: Article

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