On some aspects of tropospheric ozone variability over the Indo-Gangetic (IG) basin, India

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 30, Issue 15-16, 2009, Pages 4111-4122

  Kulkarni, Pavan S ^a,b   Jain, S L ^a   Ghude, Sachin D ^c   Arya, B C ^a   Dubey, P K ^a   Shahnawaz, ^b  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; OZONE;

MONSOON SEASON; MONSOON SYSTEM; SEASONAL CYCLE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPOSPHERIC COLUMN OZONES; TROPOSPHERIC OZONE; TROPOSPHERIC OZONE RESIDUALS;

TROPOSPHERE;

MONSOON; OZONE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; TROPOSPHERE;

INDIA;

EID: 74049097570     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160902824993     Document Type: Article

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