Below-thunderstorm rain scavenging of urban aerosols in the health hazardous modes

Natural Hazards

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 81-91

  Chate, D M ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Health impact; Respiratory system; Scavenging coefficient; Urban aerosol

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL FORMATION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEALTH IMPACT; PARTICLE SIZE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY); THUNDERSTORM;

EID: 79251597783     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-010-9550-5     Document Type: Article

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