Quantitative chemical composition and characteristics of aerosols over western India: One-year record of temporal variability

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 22-23, 2009, Pages 3481-3488

  Rastogi, N ^a   Sarin, M M ^a  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Carbonaceous aerosols; Elemental carbon; Iron; Mineral dust; Organic carbon

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PROPERTIES; AMBIENT AEROSOLS; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; CARBONACEOUS AEROSOLS; CHARACTERISTIC RATIO; CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CHEMICAL DATA SET; ELEMENTAL CARBON; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; MINERAL DUST; OC/EC RATIO; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; SEASONALITY; SEMI-ARID REGION; SOUTH ASIA; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICULATES; UPPER CONTINENTAL CRUST; URBAN ATMOSPHERES; URBAN SITE; WIND REGIME;

ARID REGIONS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CALCIUM; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIFFUSERS (OPTICAL); DUST; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; LEAD; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MINERALS; MODELS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ORGANIC CARBON; SILICATE MINERALS; TRACE ELEMENTS; TRAVELING SALESMAN PROBLEM; ZINC;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

ALUMINUM; AMMONIA; CALCIUM; CARBON; CARBONIC ACID; CHLORIDE; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; ORGANIC CARBON; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SULFATE; ZINC;

AEROSOL; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA SET; ORGANIC CARBON; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INDIA; MINERAL DUST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMIARID CLIMATE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; URBAN AREA; WIND;

EID: 70249107463     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.04.030     Document Type: Article

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