Regional distribution of deep clouds and cloud top altitudes over the Indian subcontinent and the surrounding oceans

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue D5, 2010, Pages

  Meenu, S ^a   Rajeev, K ^a   Parameswaran, K ^a   Nair, Anish Kumar M ^a  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

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EID: 77952744931     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD01180     Document Type: Article

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