New directions: Air pollution challenges for developing megacities like Delhi

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 122, Issue , 2015, Pages 657-661

  Kumar, Prashant ^a   Khare, Mukesh ^b   Harrison, Roy M ^c,d   Bloss, William J ^c   Lewis, Alastair C ^e   Coe, Hugh ^f   Morawska, Lidia ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^g QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC CARBON;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY RESOURCE; GEOGRAPHY; INDIA; LETTER; METEOROLOGY; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84945135759     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.10.032     Document Type: Letter

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