Influence of aerosol spectrum and air pollutants on fog formation in urban environment of megacity Delhi, India

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 151, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 265-277

  Mohan, Manju ^a   Payra, Swagata ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Aerosol number concentration; Aerosols; Criteria air pollutants; Radiation fog; Visibility

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION MODES; AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTIONS; ATMOSPHERIC REACTIONS; CONCENTRATION VALUES; CRITERIA AIR POLLUTANTS; DELHI , INDIA; DENSE FOGS; DIURNAL VARIATIONS; FOG FORMATIONS; GOOD CORRELATIONS; INVERSE RELATIONSHIPS; MEGA CITIES; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS; NITROGEN DIOXIDES; POLLUTION LEVELS; PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS; RADIATION FOG; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; RESPIRABLE SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTERS; SIZE SPECTRUMS; SMALL VARIATIONS; URBAN AREAS; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; WINTER MONTHS; WINTER SEASONS;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); LEAD; NITROGEN OXIDES; POLLUTION; SULFUR; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VISIBILITY;

FOG;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; FOG; MEGACITY; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; URBAN AREA; VISIBILITY;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; INDIA; METEOROLOGICAL CONCEPTS; SEASONS; WEATHER;

ASIA; DELHI; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 62149126607     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0268-8     Document Type: Article

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