Satellite and ground-based remote sensing of aerosols during intense haze event of October 2013 over lahore, Pakistan

Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 25-33

  Tariq, Salman ^a   Zia, ul Haq ^a   Ali, Muhammad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

aerosol optical properties; Haze; Lahore; remote sensing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955614243     PISSN: 19767633     EISSN: 19767951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13143-015-0084-3     Document Type: Article

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