Aerosol optical properties over South Asia from ground-based observations and remote sensing: A review

Climate

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 84-119

  Ramachandran, S ^a   Kedia, Sumita ^b  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED COMPUTING   (India)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Observations; Optical properties; Remote sensing; Review; South asia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926638732     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22251154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/cli1030084     Document Type: Article

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