Diurnal and seasonal air ion variability at rural station Ramanandnagar (17°2'N, 74°E), India

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 154-166

  Pawar, S D ^a   Meena, G S ^b   Jadhav, D B ^b  

^a Department of Physics   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Gerdien condenser; Radio active aerosol; Temperature inversion; Transpiration; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PARTICLES; AIR IONS; AIR MOLECULES; BETA PARTICLES; EARTH'S SURFACE; FREE ELECTRON; GAMMA RADIATION; GERDIEN CONDENSER; HIGH-ENERGY RADIATIONS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; ION CONCENTRATIONS; ION PRODUCTION; MONITORING STATIONS; NEGATIVE AIR ION; PEAK VALUES; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; RADIOACTIVE AEROSOLS; RADIOACTIVE GAS; RURAL STATIONS; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE INVERSIONS; TROPICAL STATIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; IONIZATION OF GASES; PARTICLE DETECTORS; RADIOACTIVITY; RADON; TRANSPIRATION; VEGETATION;

IONS;

AEROSOL; DIURNAL VARIATION; ELECTRON; HUMAN ACTIVITY; ION; IONIZATION; IRRADIANCE; MONITORING; RADON; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE INVERSION; TRANSPIRATION; URBAN REGION; VEGETATION;

INDIA; KRISHNA RIVER; MAHARASHTRA; PUNE;

EID: 77952809349     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2009.10.0066     Document Type: Article

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