Model simulations of fungal spore distribution over the Indian region

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 122, Issue , 2015, Pages 552-560

  Ansari, Tabish U ^a   Valsan, Aswathy E ^a   Ojha, N ^b   Ravikrishna, R ^a   Narasimhan, Balaji ^a   Gunthe, Sachin S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioaerosols; Fungal spores; South Asia India; WRF Chem

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; LAND USE; MIXING;

BIOAEROSOLS; BOUNDARY LAYER MIXING; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; FUNGAL SPORES; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; SEASONAL DEPENDENCE; SOUTH ASIA; WRF-CHEM;

FUNGI;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FUNGUS; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; LAND USE CHANGE; MIXING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPORE; TROPOSPHERE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AIR QUALITY; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FUNGUS SPORE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; INDIAN; LAND USE; LONGITUDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; THERMODYNAMICS; TROPOSPHERE; WET DEPOSITION; WINTER;

INDIA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84945123306     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.10.020     Document Type: Article

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