An episode of coastal advection fog over East Antarctica

Current Science

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 654-659

  Gajananda, Khwairakpam ^a   Dutta, H N ^b   Lagun, V E ^c  

^a SHRIRAM INSTITUTE FOR INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^c ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Acoustic sounder; Meteorology; Microbiotic crust; Radiosonde; Schirmacher Oasis

Indexed keywords

EID: 34748924368     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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