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Fig. 2 Spatio-temporal variability in AOD and angstrom exponent (AE) during pre-monsoon (2011) over IGB. (Adopted from Tiwari et al., 2013).

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Dr. Atul Kumar Srivastava
IITM Branch, New Delhi;
E-Mail: atul@tropmet.res.in