Environmental pollution due to black carbon aerosols and its impacts in a tropical urban city

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 311-319

  Latha, K Madhavi ^a   Badarinath, K V S ^a  

^a NATIONAL REMOTE SENSING AGENCY   (India)

Author keywords

Aerosol mass concentration; Aerosol optical depth; Black carbon; Radiative forcing

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; CARBON BLACK; COMBUSTION; EFFLUENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH RISKS; SOLAR ENERGY;

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH; BLACK CARBON (BC) AEROSOLS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; TOP OF THE ATOMOSPHERE (TOA);

AEROSOLS;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BLACK CARBON; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIATIVE FORCING; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 11944267433     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2004.07.026     Document Type: Article

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