Atmospheric aerosols local-regional discrimination for a semi-urban area in India

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 168, Issue , 2016, Pages 13-23

  Hooda, R K ^a,b   Hyvarinen A P ^a   Vestenius, M ^a   Gilardoni, S ^c,e   Sharma, V P ^b   Vignati, E ^c   Kulmala, M ^d   Lihavainen, H ^a  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b THE ENERGY AND RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (India)

^c JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Secondary organic carbon; Source region; Volume size distribution

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CARBON; CONDENSATION; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

BACK TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI; CONDITIONAL PROBABILITY FUNCTION; SECONDARY ORGANIC CARBON; SECONDARY ORGANIC CARBONS (SOC); SOURCE REGION; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; VOLUME SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

AEROSOL; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; URBAN AREA;

INDIA;

EID: 84942354160     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2015.08.014     Document Type: Article

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