Double blanket effect caused by two layers of black carbon aerosols escalates warming in the Brahmaputra River Valley

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Rahul, P R C ^a   Bhawar, R L ^b   Ayantika, D C ^a   Panicker, A S ^a   Safai, P D ^a   Tharaprabhakaran, V ^a   Padmakumari, B ^a   Raju, M P ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

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EID: 84903643729     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep03670     Document Type: Article

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