Visibility impairing aerosols in the urban atmosphere of Delhi

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 141, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 67-77

  Singh, Tejveer ^a   Khillare, P S ^a   Shridhar, Vijay ^a   Agarwal, Tripti ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Carbonaceous aerosol; Delhi; Light extinction coefficient; Visibility impairment; Visibility range

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; LIGHT EXTINCTION; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); VISIBILITY;

CARBONACEOUS AEROSOL; VISIBILITY IMPAIRMENT;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AMMONIA; CARBON; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SULFATE;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; VISIBILITY;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; INDIA; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONAL VARIATION; URBAN AREA; VISIBILITY;

AEROSOLS; HUMANS; INDIA; URBAN HEALTH; VISION;

ASIA; DELHI; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 43249125223     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-9879-8     Document Type: Article

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