Colored Rain on the West Coastal Region of India: Was it Due to a Dust Storm?

Aerosol Science and Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 24-26

  Satyanarayana, M ^a   Veerabuthiran, S ^a   Ramakrishna Rao, D ^a   Presennakumar, B ^a  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUST; OPTICAL RADAR; RAIN; STORMS;

COLORED RAIN; MULTIWAVELENGTH LIDAR SYSTEM;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

ALUMINUM; CALCIUM; CARBON; COLORED RAIN; IRON; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; RAIN; SILICON; SODIUM; TITANIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; DUST; DUST STORM; POLLUTION; RAINFALL;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DESERT; DUST; INDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KERALA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 0346655294     PISSN: 02786826     EISSN: 15217388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02786820490247588     Document Type: Article

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