High black carbon and ozone concentrations during pollution transport in the Himalayas: Five years of continuous observations at NCO-P global GAW station

Journal of Environmental Sciences (China)

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1618-1625

  Marinoni, A ^a   Cristofanelli, P ^a   Laj, P ^b   Duchi, R ^a   Putero, D ^a   Calzolari, F ^a   Landi, T C ^a   Vuillermoz, E ^a   Maione, M ^c   Bonasoni, P ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biomass burning; Black carbon; Himalayas; Ozone; Pollution; Troposphere

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS-BURNING; BLACK CARBON; CONTINUOUS OBSERVATION; DIURNAL VARIABILITY; HIMALAYAS; OZONE CONCENTRATION; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; STANDARD DEVIATION;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; OZONE; POLLUTION; TROPOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; BLACK CARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); OZONE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; TROPOSPHERE;

HIMALAYAS;

CARBON; OZONE;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; NEPAL;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CARBON; NEPAL; OZONE;

EID: 84881577583     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(12)60242-3     Document Type: Article

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