Impact of diesel vehicular emissions on ambient black carbon concentration at an urban location in India

Current Science

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 451-453

  Latha, K Madhavi ^a   Badarinath, K V S ^a   Moorthy, K Krishna ^b  

^a NATIONAL REMOTE SENSING AGENCY   (India)

^b INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

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