PM2.5, EC and OC in atmospheric outflow from the Indo-Gangetic Plain: Temporal variability and aerosol organic carbon-to-organic mass conversion factor

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 487, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 196-205

  Srinivas, Bikkina ^a,b   Sarin, M M ^a  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aerosol acidity; Aerosol organic mass; Atmospheric outflow; Bay of Bengal; Biomass burning emissions

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; INCINERATION;

BAY OF BENGAL; BIOMASS BURNING EMISSIONS; INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS; LONG-RANGE ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORTS; ORGANIC MASS; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; WATER-SOLUBLE ORGANIC CARBON;

AEROSOLS;

ELEMENTAL CARBON; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDITY; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIOMASS BURNING; CARBON EMISSION; ORGANIC CARBON; OUTFLOW; OXIDATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ABSORPTION; AEROSOL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIOMASS CONVERSION; BURNING EMISSION; COASTAL PLAIN; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INDIA; INDO GANGETIC PLAIN; OXIDATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

BAY OF BENGAL; GANGETIC PLAIN; INDIAN OCEAN;

AEROSOL ACIDITY; AEROSOL ORGANIC MASS; ATMOSPHERIC OUTFLOW; BAY OF BENGAL; BIOMASS BURNING EMISSIONS;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDIA; PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 84899667138     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.04.002     Document Type: Article

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