Preparation and validation of gridded emission inventory of criteria air pollutants and identification of emission hotspots for megacity Delhi

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 130, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 323-339

  Mohan, Manju ^a   Dagar, Lalit ^a   Gurjar, B R ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Criteria pollutants; Emission inventory; Megacity Delhi; Top down approach; Voronoi polygon

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CARBON MONOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; NITROGEN OXIDES; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

CRITERA POLLUTANTS; EMISSION INVENTORY; TOP-DOWN APPROACH; VORONOI POLYGON;

AIR POLLUTION;

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; EMISSION INVENTORY; MEGACITY; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION POLICY; TOP-DOWN APPROACH;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DECISION MAKING; DISPERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXHAUST GAS; INDIA; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLICY; TRAFFIC; VALIDATION PROCESS;

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

ASIA; DELHI; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34249899925     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-9400-9     Document Type: Article

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