Trend of atmospheric aerosols over the north western Himalayan region, India

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 39, Issue 27, 2005, Pages 4817-4825

  Gajananda, Khwairakpam ^a   Kuniyal, Jagdish C ^b   Momin, G A ^c   Rao, P S P ^c   Safai, P D ^c   Tiwari, S ^c   Ali, K ^c  

^a SHRIRAM INSTITUTE FOR INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b G B PANT INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Aitken nuclei; Kullu; Size separated aerosols; Total suspended particulate

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; CLIMATOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SIZE SEPARATION;

AITKEN NUCLEI; KULLU, INDIA; SIZE-SEPARATED AEROSOLS; TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICULATE;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; AITKEN NUCLEUS; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TREND ANALYSIS;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); INDIA; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; WINTER;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 23644431735     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.01.038     Document Type: Article

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