Contribution from the primary and secondary sources to the atmospheric formaldehyde in Kolkata, India

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 4744-4748

  Dutta, C ^a   Chatterjee, A ^a   Jana, T K ^a   Mukherjee, A K ^b   Sen, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^b Regional Occupational Health Centre Eastern   (India)

Author keywords

Carbonyl compounds; Kolkata; OH production; Photochemistry; Seasonal and diurnal variations

Indexed keywords

CARBONYL COMPOUNDS; DIURNAL VARIATION; KOLKATA; OH PRODUCTION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY;

CARBONYLATION; OZONE;

FORMALDEHYDE;

ACETALDEHYDE; ACETONE; FORMALDEHYDE; AIR POLLUTANT; HYDROXYL RADICAL; PROPANOL;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; DIURNAL VARIATION; FORMALDEHYDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; MIXING RATIO; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SEASONAL VARIATION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DECOMPOSITION; INDIA; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; URBAN AREA; WINTER; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SEASON; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

1-PROPANOL; ACETALDEHYDE; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORMALDEHYDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; INDIA; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; SEASONS;

CALCUTTA; INDIA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 77955920289     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.01.031     Document Type: Article

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