Variations in mass of the PM 10,PM 2.5 and PM 1 during the monsoon and the winter at New Delhi

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 20-29

  Tiwari, S ^a   Chate, D M ^a   Pragya, P ^a   Ali, Kaushar ^a   Bisht, Deewan SinghF ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Mean mass scavenging coefficient; Particulate matters; Time series variations; Visibility; Washout pattern

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; HYSPLIT MODEL; MASS CONCENTRATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; RAINFALL DURATION; SCAVENGING COEFFICIENTS; STUDY AREAS; TIME-SERIES VARIATIONS; WASHOUT PATTERN;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); VISIBILITY;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; AIR MASS; AIR SAMPLING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FESTIVAL; MONSOON; PARTICULATE MATTER; RAINFALL; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY); TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VISIBILITY; WINTER;

DELHI; INDIA; NEW DELHI;

EID: 84855603727     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2011.06.0075     Document Type: Article

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