Evaluation of black carbon emission inventories using a Lagrangian dispersion model - A case study over southern India

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1447-1461

  Gadhavi, H S ^a   Renuka, K ^a   Ravi Kiran, V ^a   Jayaraman, A ^a   Stohl, A ^b   Klimont, Z ^c   Beig, G ^d  

^a NATIONAL ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BLACK CARBON; CARBON EMISSION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION INVENTORY; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; WET DEPOSITION;

GADANKI; INDIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 84922876536     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-1447-2015     Document Type: Article

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