Characterization of PM, PM10 and PM2.5 mass concentrations at a tropical semiarid station in Anantapur, India

Indian Journal of Radio and Space Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 95-104

  Balakrishnaiah, G ^a   Raghavendra Kumar, K ^a   Suresh Kumar Reddy, B ^a   Rama Gopal, K ^a   Reddy, R R ^a   Reddy, L S S ^a   Narasimhulu, K ^b   Nazeer Ahammed, Y ^c   Balanarayana, C ^d   Krishna Moorthy, K ^e   Suresh Babu, S ^e  

^a SRI KRISHNADEVARAYA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Government First Grade College   (India)

^c YOGI VEMANA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d SRI VENKATESWARA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^e INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

Aerosol optical depth (AOD); Coarse particles; Fine particles; Meteorological parameters; Particulate matter (PM)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868144208     PISSN: 03678393     EISSN: 0975105X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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