Diurnal variation of deep cloud systems over the Indian region using INSAT-1B pixel data

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 215-225

  Gambheer, A V ^a   Bhat, G S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

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EID: 0035542366     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s703-001-8175-4     Document Type: Article

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