An analytical model for the altitude variation of aerosol number densities in the coastal atmospheric boundary layer

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 725-737

  Parameswaran, K ^a   Rajan, Rekha ^a  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; BOUNDARY LAYER; COASTAL ZONE; MIXING;

EID: 0343938807     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(99)00037-1     Document Type: Article

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