Ozone distributions and urban air quality during summer in agra–a world heritage site

Atmospheric Pollution Research

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 796-804

  Saini, Renuka ^a   Singh, Pradyumn ^a   Awasthi, Brij B ^b   Kumar, Krishan ^c   Taneja, Ajay ^a  

^a DR B R AMBEDKAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board   (India)

^c JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Diurnal variation; Ozone transport; Principal component analysis; Surface ozone

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907584189     PISSN: 13091042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5094/APR.2014.089     Document Type: Article

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