A 1 year record of carbonaceous aerosols from an urban site in the Indo-Gangetic Plain: Characterization, sources, and temporal variability

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 24, 2010, Pages

  Ram, Kirpa ^a   Sarin, M M ^a   Tripathi, S N ^b  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; WASTE INCINERATION; WOOD FUELS;

AFGHANISTAN; AMBIENT AEROSOLS; ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; BIOMASS-BURNING; BOUNDARY LAYER DYNAMICS; CARBONACEOUS AEROSOL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; DATA SETS; ELEMENTAL CARBON; EMISSION SOURCES; FRACTIONAL MASS; INDO-GANGETIC PLAINS; LINEAR RELATION; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MASS CONCENTRATION; MINERAL AEROSOLS; OC/EC RATIO; SEASONAL CYCLE; SECONDARY AEROSOLS; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOLS; SOURCE STRENGTH; SUMMER MONTHS; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; THAR DESERT; URBAN LOCATIONS; URBAN SITE;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL FORMATION; AEROSOL PROPERTY; AMBIENT AIR; BIOMASS BURNING; BOUNDARY LAYER; DATA SET; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AFGHANISTAN; GANGETIC PLAIN; INDIA; IRAN; KANPUR; THAR DESERT; UTTAR PRADESH;

EID: 77955216308     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD014188     Document Type: Article

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