Variation in spatial pattern of criteria air pollutants before and during initial rain of monsoon

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 145-153

  Ravindra, Khaiwal ^a,c   Mor, Suman ^a   Ameena, A ^a   Kamyotra, J S ^b   Kaushik, C P ^a  

^a GURU JAMBHESHWAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b CENTRAL POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Air pollutants; Air quality; Monsoon; NO2; Rain; SO2; Spatial patern; TSP

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; OZONE; RAIN; SCAVENGING; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

VEHICULAR EMISSION;

AIR POLLUTION;

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; RAIN; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; MONSOON; POLLUTANT; SPATIAL VARIATION;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXHAUST GAS; INDIA; NIGHT; OBSERVATION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TIME;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDIA; RAIN; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

INDIA;

EID: 0042131959     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024650215970     Document Type: Article

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