Diurnal and seasonal variations of black carbon and PM2.5 over New Delhi, India: Influence of meteorology

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 125-126, Issue , 2013, Pages 50-62

  Tiwari, S ^a   Srivastava, A K ^a   Bisht, D S ^a   Parmita, P ^b   Srivastava, Manoj K ^c   Attri, S D ^d  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

^b SCIENCE COLLEGE   (India)

^c BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d INDIA METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic emissions; Atmospheric boundary layer; Black carbon; PM2.5; Visibility; Wind speed

Indexed keywords

ABSORBING CAPACITY; ANNUAL MEAN; ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; BIOMASS-BURNING; BLACK CARBON; FINE PARTICULATE MATTER; INFLUENCE OF METEOROLOGIES; INVERSE RELATIONSHIP; MASS CONCENTRATION; MEGACITIES; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; METEOROLOGICAL EFFECTS; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; MIXED LAYER DEPTHS; NEW DELHI , INDIA; POST-MONSOON; RAPID GROWTH; SEASONAL VARIATION; WIND SPEED;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; FOSSIL FUELS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; VISIBILITY; WIND EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

BIOMASS BURNING; BLACK CARBON; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIURNAL VARIATION; EMISSION; METEOROLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONAL VARIATION; WIND VELOCITY;

DELHI; INDIA; NEW DELHI;

EID: 84874562183     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2013.01.011     Document Type: Article

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