Measurement and modeling of respirable particulate (PM10) and lead pollution over Madurai, India

Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-55

  Vijay Bhaskar, B ^a   Jeba Rajasekhar, R V ^a   Muthusubramanian, P ^a   Kesarkar, Amit P ^b  

^a MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Scientific and Engineering Computing Group   (India)

Author keywords

AERMOD; Monitoring; Pb; PM10; Urban air pollution

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651110508     PISSN: 18739318     EISSN: 18739326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11869-008-0004-0     Document Type: Article

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