Impact of nitrogen oxides, volatile organic compounds and black carbon on atmospheric ozone levels at a semi Arid Urban Site in Hyderabad

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 662-671

  Swamy, Y V ^a   Venkanna, R ^a   Nikhil, G N ^a   Chitanya, D N S K ^a   Sinha, P R ^b   Ramakrishna, M ^a   Rao, A G ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Black carbon; Meteorology and oxides of nitrogen; Ozone; Trace gas; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL AVERAGE; ANNUAL MEAN; ATMOSPHERIC OZONE; BLACK CARBON; DIURNAL VARIATION; HYDERABAD; LOCAL EMISSIONS; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; MIXING RATIOS; OXIDES OF NITROGEN; SEMI ARID; TRACE GAS; URBAN SITE; WEEKEND EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; METEOROLOGY; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BLACK CARBON; MIXING RATIO; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; SEMIARID REGION; TRACE GAS; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANDHRA PRADESH; HYDERABAD [ANDHRA PRADESH]; INDIA;

EID: 84863941323     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2012.01.0019     Document Type: Article

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