Water soluble ionic components in particulate matter (PM 10) during high pollution episode days at Mohal and Kothi in the North-Western Himalaya, India

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 529-543

  Kuniyal, Jagdish Chandra ^a   Sharma, Manum ^a,c   Chand, Kesar ^a   Mathela, Chandra Shekhar ^b  

^a G B PANT INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT   (India)

^b KUMAUN UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c Himachal Pradesh Government Dental College   (India)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic activities; Factor analysis; Ionic species; Neutralization factor; Particulate pollutants

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; IONS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; IONIC SPECIES; NEUTRALIZATION FACTOR; NON-SEA-SALT FRACTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PARTICULATE POLLUTANTS; PM10 CONCENTRATION; POLLUTION EPISODES;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

FACTOR ANALYSIS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; IONIC COMPOSITION; NEUTRALIZATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION INCIDENCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOLUBILITY;

HIMACHAL PRADESH; INDIA; KOTHI; MOHAL;

EID: 84925965629     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2013.09.0297     Document Type: Article

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