Characteristics of ambient ammonia over Delhi, India

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 124, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 67-82

  Sharma, S K ^a   Kumar, Manish ^b   Rohtash, ^a   Gupta, N C ^b   Saraswati, ^a   Saxena, Mohit ^a   Mandal, T K ^a  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^b GURU GOBIND SINGH INDRAPRASTHA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARBON MONOXIDE; DIURNAL VARIATION; MIXING RATIO; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TRACE GAS; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

DELHI; INDIA;

EID: 84897086115     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: 14365065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00703-013-0299-8     Document Type: Article

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