Atmospheric electrical conductivity measurements and modeling for application to air pollution studies

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1067-1078

  Kamsali, Nagaraja ^a   Prasad, B S N ^b   Datta, Jayati ^c  

^a BANGALORE UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE   (India)

^c INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Air pollution; Electrical conductivity; Ion aerosol model; Ionization; Meteorological parameters

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC IONIZATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; IONIZATION;

AEROSOL MODELING; AMBIENT AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; GROUND LEVEL; IONIZATION RATES; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS;

AIR POLLUTION;

EID: 69249219048     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2009.05.020     Document Type: Article

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