Aerosol size distribution and seasonal variation in an urban area of an industrial city in central India

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1098-1104

  Deshmukh, Dhananjay K ^a   Deb, Manas K ^a   Verma, Devsharan ^a   Verma, Santosh K ^b   Nirmalkar, Jayant ^a  

^a PT RAVISHANKAR SHUKLA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b State Forensic Science Laboratory   (India)

Author keywords

Air quality index; Atmospheric aerosols; Mass concentration; Size distribution

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL MASS; AEROSOL MASS CONCENTRATION; AEROSOL PARTICLES; AEROSOL SAMPLER; AEROSOL SAMPLES; AEROSOL SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; ANNUAL MEAN; BIMODAL SIZE DISTRIBUTION; BIOMASS-BURNING; CASCADE IMPACTORS; CENTRAL INDIA; COARSE MODE; HEAVY RAINFALL; INDUSTRIAL CITY; MASS CONCENTRATION; NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS; QUALITY INDICES; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIZE RANGES; UNIMODAL DISTRIBUTION; URBAN AREAS;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CITY; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDIA; INDUSTRY; PARTICLE SIZE; SEASON; STATISTICS;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CITIES; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDIA; INDUSTRY; PARTICLE SIZE; SEASONS;

EID: 84867582511     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-012-0834-1     Document Type: Article

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