Water-soluble organic carbon aerosols during a full New Delhi winter: Isotope-based source apportionment and optical properties

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 3476-3485

  Kirillova, Elena N ^a   Andersson, August ^a   Tiwari, Suresh ^b   Srivastava, Atul Kumar ^b   Bisht, Deewan Singh ^b   Gustafsson, Örjan ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ISOTOPES;

ABSORPTION PROPERTY; AEROSOL AGING; CARBON ISOTOPES; NEW DELHI; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; WATER-SOLUBLE ORGANIC CARBON;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL FORMATION; AEROSOL PROPERTY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOGENIC EMISSION; BIOMASS BURNING; CARBON ISOTOPE; FOSSIL FUEL; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MEGACITY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SEASONALITY; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WINTER;

DELHI; GANGETIC PLAIN; INDIA; NEW DELHI;

EID: 84898795435     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JD020041     Document Type: Article

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