Statistical relationship between surface ozone and solar activity in a tropical rural coastal site, India

Indian Journal of Science and Technology

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 792-794

  Samuel Selvaraj, R ^a   Gopinath, T ^a   Jayalakshmi, K ^a  

^a PRESIDENCY COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Smoothed sunspot numbers; Solar activity; Surface ozone

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052309168     PISSN: 09746846     EISSN: 09745645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17485/ijst/2010/v3i7/29816     Document Type: Article

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