Air quality monitoring in Chennai, India, in the summer of 2005

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 589-596

  Pulikesi, M ^a   Baskaralingam, P ^a   Elango, D ^b   Rayudu, V N ^c   Ramamurthi, V ^a   Sivanesan, S ^a  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b HINDUSTAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE   (India)

^c Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board   (India)

Author keywords

Ambient NOx; India; Relative humidity; Respirrable suspended particulate matter; Surface ozone; Total suspended particulate matter

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT NOX; RESPIRRABLE SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; SURFACE OZONE; TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); NITROGEN OXIDES; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); WIND;

AIR QUALITY;

NITROGEN OXIDE; OZONE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); NITROGEN OXIDES; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); WIND;

AIR QUALITY; AIR TEMPERATURE; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; POLLUTION MONITORING; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

AIR MONITORING; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMIDITY; INDIA; METEOROLOGY; PHOTOMETRY; SUMMER; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WIND;

AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMIDITY; INDIA; NITROGEN OXIDES; OXIDANTS, PHOTOCHEMICAL; OZONE; SEASONS; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

ASIA; CHENNAI; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 33746720904     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2005.12.039     Document Type: Article

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