Tropical urban aerosol distributions during pre-sunrise and post-sunset as observed with lidar and solar radiometer at Pune, India

Journal of Aerosol Science

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 449-458

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

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; METEOROLOGY; OPTICAL RADAR; RADIOMETERS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

MONSOONS; POST-SUNSET DIFFERENCES;

AEROSOLS;

ARGON;

AEROSOL;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; HAZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTOR; SEASON; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 0037375482     PISSN: 00218502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-8502(02)00211-2     Document Type: Article

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