Effect of the summer monsoon on aerosols at two measurement stations in Northern India-Part 1: PM and BC concentrations

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 8271-8282

  Hyvarinen A P ^a,b   Raatikainen, T ^a,d   Brus, D ^a,b   Komppula, M ^a   Panwar, T S ^c   Hooda, R K ^c   Sharma, V P ^c   Lihavainen, H ^a  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PROCESS FUNDAMENTALS   (Czech Republic)

^c THE ENERGY AND RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (India)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; BLACK CARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MONSOON; PARTICULATE MATTER; RAINFALL; SUMMER; TROPOSPHERE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DELHI; INDIA; NEW DELHI; THAR DESERT;

EID: 84864499791     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-8271-2011     Document Type: Article

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