Location-specific forecast at Sriharikota during the launch of GSLV-F01

Current Science

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 285-295

  Ramachandran, Radhika ^a,c   Mohanty, U C ^b   Pattanayak, Sujata ^b   Mandal, M ^b   Indira Rani, S ^a  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^c Lok Nayaka Bhavan   (India)

Author keywords

Mesoscale and regional model; Satellite launch; Vertical profile

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747868104     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: 00113891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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