Black carbon aerosols variation in Kathmandu valley, Nepal

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 63, Issue , 2012, Pages 282-288

  Sharma, R K ^a   Bhattarai, B K ^a   Sapkota, B K ^a   Gewali, M B ^a   Kjeldstad, B ^b  

^a TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Aethalometer; Black carbon; Diurnal; Frm Omni Sampler; Seasonal

Indexed keywords

AETHALOMETER; BLACK CARBON; DIURNAL; FRM OMNI SAMPLER; SEASONAL;

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; FOG; LANDFORMS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); TRAFFIC SURVEYS;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

BLACK CARBON;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AIR SAMPLING; BLACK CARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; FUEL CONSUMPTION; RESUSPENSION; SAMPLER; SEASONALITY; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; NEPAL; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

KATHMANDU VALLEY; NEPAL;

EID: 84867602425     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.09.023     Document Type: Article

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