Atmospheric particulate matter (PM2.5), EC, OC, WSOC and PAHs from NE-Himalaya: Abundances and chemical characteristics

Atmospheric Pollution Research

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 214-221

  Rajput, Prashant ^a   Sarin, Manmohan ^a   Kundu, Shyam Sundar ^b  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b North Eastern Space Applications Centre   (India)

Author keywords

Air mass transport; Biomass burning; Carbonaceous aerosol; Northeast Himalaya; PAH

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882749296     PISSN: 13091042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5094/APR.2013.022     Document Type: Article

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