Characterization of ambient PM2.5 at a pollution hotspot in New Delhi, India and inference of sources

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 109, Issue , 2015, Pages 178-189

  Pant, Pallavi ^a   Shukla, Anuradha ^b   Kohl, Steven D ^c   Chow, Judith C ^c   Watson, John G ^c   Harrison, Roy M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL ROAD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

India; Mass closure; Molecular markers; Particulate matter; Traffic

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; AIR QUALITY STANDARDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; LEAD; NITRATES; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC; TITANIUM;

COMBUSTION SOURCES; CRUSTAL MATERIALS; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; INDIA; MASS CLOSURE; MOLECULAR MARKER; NEW DELHI , INDIA; PARTICULATE MATTER;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

ALKANE DERIVATIVE; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON; CARBROMAL; CHLORIDE; HOPANOID; LEAD; MOLECULAR MARKER; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PREDNISOLONE; SULFATE; TITANIUM; TRACE METAL;

AIR QUALITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HUMAN ACTIVITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION MONITORING; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMBUSTION; EXHAUST GAS; INDIA; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUMMER; WINTER; WOOD;

DELHI; INDIA; NEW DELHI;

EID: 84924911820     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.02.074     Document Type: Article

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