High seasonal variation of atmospheric C and particle concentrations in Delhi, India

Environmental Chemistry Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 225-230

  Mandal, Papiya ^a,b   Saud, T ^a   Sarkar, R ^b   Mandal, A ^b   Sharma, S K ^a   Mandal, T K ^a   Bassin, J K ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^b DELHI TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Elemental carbon; Monthly variation; Organic carbon; Particulate matter; Seasons; Total carbonaceous aerosols

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893921554     PISSN: 16103653     EISSN: 16103661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10311-013-0438-y     Document Type: Article

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