Spatio-temporal characteristics of gaseous and particulate pollutants in an urban region of Kolkata, India

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 103-115

  Gupta, A K ^a,d   Karar, Kakoli ^b,d   Ayoob, S ^a,d   John, Kuruvilla ^c,d  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b KIIT UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c Texas AandM University Kingsville

^d University Kingsville   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambient; Gaseous pollutants; Meteorology; Particulate matter; Principal component analysis; Seasonal variations

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION METHODS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RAIN; WIND;

GASEOUS POLLUTANTS; SEASONAL VARIATIONS; SPEARMAN'S RANK CORRELATION ANALYSIS; URBAN REGION;

AIR POLLUTION;

AIR QUALITY; AMMONIA; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; URBAN POLLUTION;

ASIA; CALCUTTA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 37649019484     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2007.07.008     Document Type: Article

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