Source attribution of carbon monoxide in India and surrounding regions during wintertime

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1981-1995

  Kumar, Rajesh ^a,b,c   Naja, Manish ^a,d   Pfister, G G ^b   Barth, M C ^b   Brasseur, G P ^c  

^a ARYABHATTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF OBSERVATIONAL SCIENCES ARIES   (India)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d ARIES   (India)

Author keywords

Air Pollution; CO Tracer; Ozone; South Asia; WRF Chem

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CARBON MONOXIDE; MIXING; OZONE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS; SOURCE CONTRIBUTION ANALYSIS; SOUTH ASIA; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS; WRF-CHEM;

TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIOMASS BURNING; BOUNDARY LAYER; CARBON MONOXIDE; EMISSION; OZONE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; TROPOSPHERE;

ARABIAN SEA; GANGETIC PLAIN; INDIAN OCEAN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 84880857384     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50134     Document Type: Article

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