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Aerosol spectral optical depths and typical size distributions at a coastal urban location in India

K. NiranjanDepartment of Physics, Andhra University Visakhapatnam530 003, India
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Y. Ramesh BabuDepartment of Physics, Andhra University Visakhapatnam530 003, India
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G. V. SatyanarayanaDepartment of Physics, Andhra University Visakhapatnam530 003, India
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S. ThulasiramanDepartment of Physics, Andhra University Visakhapatnam530 003, India
Pages 439-446 | Received 18 Jul 1995, Accepted 21 Apr 1997, Published online: 18 Jan 2017

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