Impact of precipitation on aerosol spectral optical depth and retrieved size distributions: A case study

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 902-914

  Saha, Auromeet ^a   Moorthy, K Krishna ^a  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SCAVENGING; THUNDERSTORMS;

SYNOPTIC FEATURES; TROPICAL STATIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; OPTICAL DEPTH; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY); SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 3543087413     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2004)043<0902:IOPOAS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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