Atmospheric pollution in the Hindu Kush-Himalaya region

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 468-479

  Bonasoni, Paolo ^a   Cristofanelli, Paolo ^a   Marinoni, Angela ^a   Vuillermoz, Elisa ^b   Adhikary, Bhupesh ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c Ev K2 CNR   (Nepal)

Author keywords

air pollution; Black carbon; brown cloud; climate change; Hindu Kush Himalaya; ozone

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BLACK CARBON; CLIMATE MODELING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; ICE CORE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; OZONE; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; URBAN AREA;

GANGETIC PLAIN; HIMALAYAS; HINDU KUSH;

EID: 84871537274     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-12-00066.1     Document Type: Article

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