Scavenging efficiency of rainfall on black carbon aerosols over an urban environment

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 148-151

  Madhavi Latha, K ^a   Badarinath, K V S ^a   Manikya Reddy, P ^b  

^a NATIONAL REMOTE SENSING AGENCY   (India)

^b OSMANIA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Black carbon; Diurnal variation; Precipitation; Scavenging coefficient; Wet deposition

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PROPERTY; BLACK CARBON; DIURNAL VARIATION; SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY); URBAN ATMOSPHERE; WET DEPOSITION;

ANDHRA PRADESH; ASIA; EURASIA; HYDERABAD; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 29844456630     PISSN: 1530261X     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl.108     Document Type: Article

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