Intra-urban variability of particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM10) and its relationship with optical properties of aerosols over Delhi, India

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 166, Issue , 2015, Pages 223-232

  Tiwari, Suresh ^a,b   Hopke, Philip K ^b   Pipal, Atar S ^c   Srivastava, Atul K ^a   Bisht, Deewan S ^a   Tiwari, Shani ^d   Singh, Abhay K ^d   Soni, Vijay K ^e   Attri, Shiv D ^e  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

^b CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

^d BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^e INDIA METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Anthropogenic activities; Meteorological parameters; Optical properties; Particulate matter

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; URBAN GROWTH;

AEROSOL OPTICAL PROPERTY; ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF AEROSOLS; PARTICULATE MATTER; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL HETEROGENEITY; TIME RESOLVED MEASUREMENT;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

AEROSOL PROPERTY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HUMAN ACTIVITY; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARTICULATE MATTER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

DELHI; INDIA;

EID: 84938076404     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2015.07.007     Document Type: Article

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