Carbonaceous and secondary inorganic aerosols during wintertime fog and haze over urban sites in the Indo-Gangetic plain

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 355-366

  Ram, Kirpa ^a,b   Sarin, M M ^a   Sudheer, A K ^a   Rengarajan, R ^a  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elemental carbon; Fog and haze; Indo gangetic plain; Organic carbon; Secondary inorganic aerosols; Sulphur and nitrogen oxidation ratios

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ABUNDANCE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; ELEMENTAL CARBON; EQUIVALENT RATIOS; FOG AND HAZE; HYGROSCOPIC GROWTH; INDO-GANGETIC PLAINS; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; MINERAL DUST; SECONDARY AEROSOLS; SECONDARY INORGANIC AEROSOL; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SULPHATES; TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICULATES; URBAN SITE; VISIBILITY IMPAIRMENT;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; DRIERS (MATERIALS); ORGANIC CARBON; SULFUR; SULFURIC ACID; TERNARY SYSTEMS;

FOG;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; FOG; HAZE; INORGANIC COMPOUND; METEOROLOGY; NEUTRALIZATION; OXIDATION; SULFURIC ACID; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; VISIBILITY;

ALLAHABAD; GANGETIC PLAIN; HARYANA; HISAR; INDIA; UTTAR PRADESH;

EID: 84860148152     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2011.07.0105     Document Type: Article

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