Latitudinal gradient in aerosol properties over the Indian and Southern Oceans during the austral summer

Current Science

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1384-1389

  Suresh Babu, S ^a   Krishna Moorthy, K ^a   Satheesh, S K ^b  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Black carbon; Optical depth; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650008702     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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