Relationship between lidar-based observations of aerosol content and monsoon precipitation over a tropical station, Pune, India

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 253-262

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

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; OPTICAL RADAR; POLARIZATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); TROPICS;

AEROSOL DISTRIBUTION; EXPERIMENTAL STATIONS; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; MONSOON PRECIPITATION; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; TOTAL PRECIPITATION; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

AEROSOL; BOUNDARY LAYER; LIDAR; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REMOTE SENSING;

INDIA; MAHARASHTRA; PUNE;

EID: 0346274040     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1350482703003050     Document Type: Article

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