Ozone distribution in the urban environment of Delhi during winter months

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 31, Issue 20, 1997, Pages 3421-3427

  Singh, A ^a   Sarin, S M ^a   Shanmugam, P ^a   Sharma, N ^a   Attri, A K ^b   Jain, V K ^b  

^a CENTRAL ROAD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Motor vehicles; Photochemistry; Precursor pollutants; Urban pollution; Ventilation coefficient

Indexed keywords

VENTILATION COEFFICIENT;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; DISPERSIONS; METEOROLOGY; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE;

AIR POLLUTION;

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDE; OZONE;

NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; URBAN AREA; WINTER;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; EXHAUST GAS; INDIA; METEOROLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA; WINTER;

INDIA, DELHI;

EID: 0031260237     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(97)00138-6     Document Type: Article

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