Quantifying the effect of air quality control measures during the 2010 Commonwealth Games at Delhi, India

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 80, Issue , 2013, Pages 455-463

  Beig, Gufran ^a   Chate, Dilip M ^a   Ghude, Sachin D ^a   Mahajan, A S ^a   Srinivas, R ^a   Ali, K ^a   Sahu, S K ^a   Parkhi, N ^a   Surendran, D ^a   Trimbake, H R ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Air quality; Commonwealth Games 2010; Nitrogen oxides; Ozone; Particulate matter; SAFAR

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY FORECASTING; COMMONWEALTH GAMES; EMISSION INVENTORIES; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PARTICULATE MATTER; POWER-PLANT EMISSIONS; SAFAR; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT;

NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; POLLUTION; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; STADIUMS;

AIR QUALITY;

BENZENE; BLACK CARBON; CARBON MONOXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDE; OZONE;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMMONWEALTH OF NATIONS; CONTROL SYSTEM; DATA SET; EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSION INVENTORY; OZONE; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SPORT; TRACE GAS;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FORECASTING; HUMAN; INDIA; METEOROLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORT;

DELHI; INDIA;

EID: 84883818078     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.08.012     Document Type: Article

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