Elevated nitrogen isotope ratios of tropical Indian aerosols from Chennai: Implication for the origins of aerosol nitrogen in South and Southeast Asia

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 29, 2010, Pages 3597-3604

  Pavuluri, Chandra Mouli ^a   Kawamura, Kimitaka ^a   Tachibana, Eri ^a   Swaminathan, T ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Cow dung samples; Nitrogen isotope ratios; Source of aerosol nitrogen; South Asia; Tropical Indian aerosols

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN; TROPICS;

COW DUNG; EXCHANGE REACTION; ISOTOPIC ENRICHMENT; LABORATORY STUDIES; NITROGEN ISOTOPE RATIO; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TOTAL NITROGEN;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM SULFATE; BIOFUEL; LEVOGLUCOSAN; NITROGEN;

AEROSOL; AMMONIA; BIOFUEL; BIOMASS BURNING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ISOTOPIC RATIO; MANURE; NITRATE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; POINT SOURCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES; GAS; INDIA; LABORATORY; NIGHT; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUMMER; TROPICS; WINTER;

ASIA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77955266572     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.05.039     Document Type: Article

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