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Research Article

The vertical structure of latent heating and its association with cloud types during the Indian summer monsoon

Kandula SubrahmanyamSpace Physics Laboratory, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, ISRO, Trivandrum, IndiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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K. Kishore KumarSpace Physics Laboratory, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, ISRO, Trivandrum, IndiaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6202-8760
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Pages 1070-1079 | Received 26 Feb 2020, Accepted 30 Aug 2020, Published online: 19 Nov 2020

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