Air quality modelling study to analyse the impact of the World Bank emission guidelines for thermal power plants in Delhi

Atmospheric Pollution Research

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 99-105

  Kansal, Arun ^a   Khare, Mukesh ^b   Sharma, Chandra Shekhar ^c  

^a TERI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Dispersion modelling; Emissions; Source apportionment; Thermal power plants; World Bank emission guidelines

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878787438     PISSN: 13091042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5094/APR.2011.012     Document Type: Article

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