Characteristics of aerosols over Hyderabad in southern Peninsular India: Synergy in the classification techniques

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1393-1410

  Sinha, P R ^a   Kaskaoutis, D G ^b   Manchanda, R K ^a   Sreenivasan, S ^a  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b SHARDA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR MASS; ALGORITHM; CLASSIFICATION; CORRELATION; MONSOON; PARTICLE SIZE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

ANDHRA PRADESH; HYDERABAD [ANDHRA PRADESH]; INDIA;

EID: 84880161707     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-30-1393-2012     Document Type: Article

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