Optical and radiative properties of aerosols over two locations in the north-west part of india during premonsoon season

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  Kant, Yogesh ^a   Singh, Atinderpal ^b   Mitra, Debashis ^a   Singh, Darshan ^b   Srikanth, P ^a   Madhusudanacharyulu, A S ^a   Murthy, Y N V Krishna ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING   (India)

^b PUNJABI UNIVERSITY   (India)

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EID: 84924352277     PISSN: 16879309     EISSN: 16879317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/517434     Document Type: Article

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