City-wide sweeping a source for respirable particulate matter in the atmosphere

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1064-1069

  Tandon, Ankit ^a   Yadav, Sudesh ^a   Attri, Arun K ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

APCS; PM10; Resuspension; Tracer source

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISKS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SEDIMENTATION; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

FIREWORKS; HUMAN HEALTH; RESUSPENSIONS; TRACER SOURCE;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

TRACER;

AMBIENT AIR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PARTICULATE MATTER; PERSISTENCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RESPIRATION; RESUSPENSION; TRACER; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; FIELD EMISSION; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENTATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 39049090384     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.12.006     Document Type: Article

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