Altitudinal variation of surface aerosol with change in site: A comparative study

Indian Journal of Radio and Space Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 571-575

  Jain, S L ^a   Kulkarni, Pavan S ^a   Arya, B C ^a   Kumar, Arun ^a   Ghude, Sachin D ^b   Singh, Pankaj ^a  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Mass concentration; Mass size distribution; Submicron range; Supermicron range; Surface aerosol

Indexed keywords

EID: 72149112500     PISSN: 03678393     EISSN: 0975105X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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