Concentrations of surface O3, NO2 and CO during winter seasons at a semi-arid region-Agra, India

Indian Journal of Radio and Space Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 121-130

  Saini, Renuka ^a   Satsangi, G S ^a   Taneja, Ajay ^a  

^a ST JOHN S COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

CO; NO2; Ozone; Photochemical production; Precursor gases; Semi arid region

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952758017     PISSN: 03678393     EISSN: 0975105X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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