Seasonal variation in ambient air concentration of nitrate and sulfate aerosols in a tropical city, Varanasi

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 30, Issue 15, 1996, Pages 2773-2778

  Tripathi, B D ^a   Chaturvedi, S S ^a   Tripathi, R D ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Nitrate; Sulfate; Urban atmosphere

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; RAIN; SULFATE;

AEROSOL; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; DRUG TOXICITY; INDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; TROPICS; URBAN AREA; WINTER;

AEROSOL CONCENTRATION; AIR QUALITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; NITRATE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SULPHATE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

INDIA, UTTAR PRADESH, VARANASI;

AIR QUALITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; NITRATES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TROPICS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AMBIENT AIR CONCENTRATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SULFATE; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

EID: 0029662525     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1352-2310(95)00435-1     Document Type: Article

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