Atmospheric ultrafine aerosol number concentration and its correlation with vehicular flow at two sites in the western Himalayan region: Kullu-Manali, India

Journal of Earth System Science

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 281-290

  Sharma, Nand L ^a   Kuniyal, Jagdish C ^b   Singh, Mahavir ^c   Sharma, Priyanka ^b   Chand, Kesar ^b   Negi, Ajay Kumar ^b   Sharma, Manum ^b   Thakur, Harinder Kumar ^b  

^a Government Post Graduate College   (India)

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

^c HIMACHAL PRADESH UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Condensation particle counter; Correlation analysis; Kullu Manali; Ultrafine particles; Vehicular movement

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONDENSATION; CORRELATION; DENSITY; DIURNAL VARIATION; MONSOON; NUCLEATION; PARTICLE SIZE; ULTRAFILTRATION;

HIMACHAL PRADESH; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; KULLU;

EID: 79955857854     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: 02534126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12040-011-0046-9     Document Type: Article

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