Black carbon aerosol mass concentration variation in urban and rural environments of India - A case study

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-33

  Badarinath, K V S ^a   Kharol, Shailesh Kumar ^a   Reddy, R R ^b   Rama Gopal, K ^b   Narasimhulu, K ^b   Siva Sankara Reddy, L ^b   Raghavendra Kumar, K ^a  

^a National Remote Sensing Centre   (India)

^b SRI KRISHNADEVARAYA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Black carbon; Climate change; Emissions; Urban areas

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; BLACK CARBON; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIURNAL VARIATION; RURAL AREA; SPATIAL VARIATION; URBAN AREA; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

ANANTAPUR; ANDHRA PRADESH; ASIA; EURASIA; HYDERABAD; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 65549096874     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl.206     Document Type: Article

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