Study of aerosol behavior on the basis of morphological characteristics during festival events in India

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 3640-3644

  Agrawal, Anubha ^a   Upadhyay, Vinay K ^a   Sachdeva, Kamna ^a  

^a TERI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Black carbon; Indian festivals; Scanning electron microscopy; Settling velocity

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC CARBON; BLACK CARBON; CALCULATED VALUES; CARBON CONCENTRATIONS; COMPOSITIONAL DATA; EMISSION TIME; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HIGH-VOLUME SAMPLER; INDIAN FESTIVALS; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; METEOROLOGICAL STATION; MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTIC; SAMPLING SITE; SCANNING ELECTRONS; SEM; SETTLING TIME; SETTLING VELOCITY; TERMINAL SETTLING VELOCITY; TERMINAL VELOCITY; TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICULATES;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; METEOROLOGY; SAMPLING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VELOCITY;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AROMATIC COMPOUND; BLACK CARBON; CARBON;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BLACK CARBON; EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FESTIVAL; MORPHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SETTLING VELOCITY; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WEATHER STATION;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ARTS AND ILLUSTRATION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMISSION TIME; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY ANALYSIS; FESTIVAL; INDIA; MORPHOLOGY; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SETTLING VELOCITY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

INDIA;

EID: 79956008984     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.04.006     Document Type: Article

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