Spatio-temporal distribution of absorbing aerosols over Pakistan retrieved from OMI onboard aura satellite

Atmospheric Pollution Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 254-266

  Tariq, Salman ^a   Ali, Muhammad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Aerosol index; Ozone Monitoring Instrument; Pakistan

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923168124     PISSN: 13091042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5094/APR.2015.030     Document Type: Article

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