Measurement of Ambient Ammonia over the National Capital Region of Delhi, India

Mapan - Journal of Metrology Society of India

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 165-173

  Sharma, S K ^a   Mandal, T K ^a   Rohtash, ^a   Kumar, Manish ^b   Gupta, N C ^b   Pathak, H ^c   Harit, R C ^c   Saxena, Mohit ^a  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^b GURU GOBIND SINGH INDRAPRASTHA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Chemiluminescence method; Diurnal variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905699392     PISSN: 09703950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12647-014-0098-9     Document Type: Article

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