Number concentration characteristics of ultrafine aerosols (atmospheric nanoparticles/aitken nuclei) during 2008 over western Himalayan region, Kullu-Manali, India

Indian Journal of Radio and Space Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 326-337

  Sharma, Nand Lal ^a   Kuniyal, J C ^b   Singh, Mahavir ^c   Negi, Ajay K ^b   Singh, Kesar ^b   Sharma, Priyanka ^b  

^a Govt Post Graduate College   (India)

^b G B PANT INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT   (India)

^c HIMACHAL PRADESH UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aitken nuclei concentration; Nanoparticle concentration; Nucleation bursts; Ultrafine aerosol density

Indexed keywords

EID: 79451472467     PISSN: 03678393     EISSN: 0975105X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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