Diurnal and spatial variations of condensation particles in Kerala, South India

Current Science

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 233-237

  Varikoden, Hamza ^a   Sasi Kumar, V ^a   Sampath, S ^a   Muralidas, S ^a   Mohankumar, G ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR EARTH SCIENCE STUDIES   (India)

Author keywords

Atmospheric boundary layer; Condensation particle counter; Diurnal and spatial variation; Sea breeze; Ultrafine aerosols

Indexed keywords

EID: 39449110670     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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