Study of a high SO 2 event observed over an urban site in Western India

Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 171-180

  Mallik, Chinmay ^a   Venkataramani, S ^a   Lal, Shyam ^a  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Inversion; Pollution event; Satellite observations; SO 2; Trace gases; Transport

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864042115     PISSN: 19767633     EISSN: 19767951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13143-012-0017-3     Document Type: Article

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