Seasonal variation of black carbon in fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) at the tropical coastal city of Mumbai, India

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 605-610

  Sandeep, P ^a   Saradhi, I V ^a   Pandit, G G ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Air quality monitoring; HYSPLIT; Long range transport; Smoke stain reflectometer

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY MONITORING; COARSE PARTICULATE MATTER; FINE PARTICULATE MATTER; HYSPLIT; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; POLLUTANT SPECIES; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AIR QUALITY;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDIA; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; STATISTICS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDIA; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 84887500637     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-013-1108-2     Document Type: Article

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