Impact of two intense dust storms on aerosol characteristics and radiative forcing over Patiala, Northwestern India

Advances in Meteorology

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Sharma, Deepti ^a   Singh, Darshan ^a   Kaskaoutis, D G ^b  

^a PUNJABI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b SHARDA UNIVERSITY   (India)

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EID: 84866733422     PISSN: 16879309     EISSN: 16879317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/956814     Document Type: Article

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