Measurements of PM10 and PM2.5 aerosols in Agra, a semi-arid region of India

Indian Journal of Radio and Space Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 203-210

  Gursumeeran Satsangi, P ^a   Kulshrestha, A ^b   Taneja, Ajay ^b   Rao, P S P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

^b ST JOHN S COLLEGE   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Air quality; Crustal pollutants; Gaseous pollutants; Particulate matter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873108998     PISSN: 03678393     EISSN: 0975105X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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