Traffic induced emission estimates and trends (2000-2005) in megacity Delhi

Urban Climate

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages 61-73

  Nagpure, Ajay S ^a   Sharma, Ketki ^b   Gurjar, Bhola R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Emission inventory; Emission trend; India; Transportation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881029301     PISSN: 22120955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2013.04.005     Document Type: Article

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