Role of meteorology in seasonality of air pollution in megacity Delhi, India

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 184, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 3199-3211

  Guttikunda, Sarath K ^a   Gurjar, Bhola R ^b  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Air quality in Delhi; Mixing layer height; Particulates pollution; Role of meteorology; Winter highs

Indexed keywords

AIRPORT OPERATIONS; ANNUAL AVERAGE; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONSTANT-EMISSIONS; DELHI , INDIA; FINE PARTICULATES; FUEL BURNING; LAGRANGIAN MODELS; MAJOR ACCIDENTS; MEGACITIES; MIXING LAYER HEIGHT; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; POLLUTION LEVEL; PREVIOUS YEAR; SEASONALITY; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; SUMMER MONTHS; TRACER CONCENTRATION; TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENTS; WINTER HIGHS; WINTER MONTHS;

AIR QUALITY; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; FELT; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; METEOROLOGY; MODELS;

POLLUTION CONTROL;

CARBON MONOXIDE; HYDROCARBON; NITROGEN OXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; MEGACITY; METEOROLOGY; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEASONALITY;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INDIA; METEOROLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; URBAN AREA; WINTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERE; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDIA; METEOROLOGY; SEASONS; WEATHER;

DELHI; INDIA;

EID: 84862839956     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-2182-8     Document Type: Article

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