Weekend-Weekday differences in near-surface ozone concentrations in Chennai, South India

International Journal of Environment and Waste Management

Volumn 4, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 213-224

  Pulikesi, M ^a   Rayudu, V N ^b   Ramamurthi, V ^c   Sivanesan, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board   (India)

^c ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Air pollutants; Precursor gases; Surface ozone; Traffic island; Weekdays weekend effect

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CARBON MONOXIDE; OZONE; WIND;

AIR POLLUTANTS; NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS; NEAR SURFACES; OXIDES OF NITROGEN; SURFACE OZONE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTERS; WEEKDAYS/WEEKEND EFFECT; WIND SPEED AND DIRECTIONS;

AIR QUALITY STANDARDS;

EID: 67650302339     PISSN: 14789876     EISSN: 14789868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEWM.2009.026893     Document Type: Article

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