Incremental effect of festive biomass burning on wintertime PM10 in Brahmaputra Valley of Northeast India

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 143, Issue , 2014, Pages 380-391

  Deka, Pratibha ^a   Hoque, Raza Rafiqul ^a  

^a TEZPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bromine; Carbon; Festive biomass burning; MBIE; Meji

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BROMINE; CARBON;

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; BACK TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS; BIOMASS-BURNING; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY SPECTROMETERS; INDO-GANGETIC PLAINS; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MBIE; MEJI;

BIOMASS;

AEROSOL; BIOMASS BURNING; BROMINE; CARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PARTICULATE MATTER; WINTER;

BRAHMAPUTRA VALLEY; GANGETIC PLAIN; INDIA;

EID: 84897086218     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2014.03.003     Document Type: Article

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