Horizontal gradients of traffic related air pollutants near a major highway in Agra, India

Indian Journal of Radio and Space Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 338-346

  Sharma, Anshumala ^a   Massey, David D ^a   Taneja, Ajay ^a  

^a ST JOHN S COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Air pollutants; Horizontal gradient; Pollutant concentration; Traffic exhaust pollutants

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856427524     PISSN: 03678393     EISSN: 0975105X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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