Aerosols in northeast Arabian Sea during the Indian winter monsoon: A study using sunphotometer measurements

Current Science

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1304-1308

  Das, Indrani ^a   Shukla, A K ^a   Mohan, Mannil ^a  

^a Indian Space Research Organization Space Application Centre   (India)

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