Simulation of daily variation of suspended particulate matter over Delhi: Relative roles of vehicular emission, dust, and domestic appliances

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 136, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 3597-3607

  Goswani, P ^a   Baruah, J ^a  

^a CSIR Centre for Mathematical Modeling and Computer Smulation   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ALTERNATIVE FUELS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; DOMESTIC APPLIANCES; DUST; ERROR STATISTICS; FIBER OPTICS; FORECASTING; FOSSIL FUELS; HEALTH HAZARDS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; POPULATION STATISTICS; SELF PHASE MODULATION; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

AIRBORNE POLLUTANTS; CLIMATE MODELLING; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI; DELHI , INDIA; DYNAMICAL MODELING; FOSSIL FUEL BURNING; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; NCEP REANALYSIS; REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGES; SEASONAL FORECAST MODELS; SEASONAL FORECASTING; SEASONALITY; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; VEHICULAR EMISSIONS; WIND-BLOWN DUST;

STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIURNAL VARIATION; DUST; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

ASIA; DELHI; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 53649087843     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008MWR2386.1     Document Type: Article

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