Study of ozone and NO2 over Gadanki - A rural site in South India

Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 95-112

  Renuka, K ^a   Gadhavi, Harish ^a   Jayaraman, A ^a   Lal, Shyam ^b   Naja, M ^c   Bhaskara Rao, S V ^d  

^a NATIONAL ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^c ARYABHATTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF OBSERVATIONAL SCIENCES ARIES   (India)

^d SRI VENKATESWARA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Atmospheric chemistry; NOx; Oxides of nitrogen; Ozone; Rural India; Trace gases

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; RAIN;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; MIXING RATIO; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; RURAL AREA; SATELLITE DATA; TRACE GAS;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; AUTUMN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INDIA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIMULATION; SPRING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE; TREND STUDY; VELOCITY; WIND; WINTER;

GADANKI; INDIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 84911805521     PISSN: 01677764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10874-014-9284-y     Document Type: Article

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