Investigations of aerosol black carbon from a semi-urban site in the Indo-Gangetic Plain region

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 125, Issue , 2016, Pages 346-359

  Joshi, Hema ^a,b   Naja, Manish ^a   Singh, K P ^c   Kumar, Rajesh ^d   Bhardwaj, P ^a   Babu, S Suresh ^e   Satheesh, S K ^f   Moorthy, K Krishna ^e   Chandola, H C ^b  

^a ARYABHATTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF OBSERVATIONAL SCIENCES ARIES   (India)

^b KUMAUN UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c G B PANT UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

^f INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Aerosol optical depth; Aerosols; Black carbon; Boundary layer; Himalayas; Indo Gangetic Plain

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CARBON; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; URBAN GROWTH;

AEROSOL BLACK CARBON; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; BLACK CARBON; BOUNDARY LAYER PROCESS; GROUND BASED MEASUREMENT; HIMALAYAS; INDO-GANGETIC PLAINS;

AEROSOLS;

BLACK CARBON; CARBON MONOXIDE;

AEROSOL; BLACK CARBON; BOUNDARY LAYER; DIURNAL VARIATION; OPTICAL DEPTH; SEASONAL VARIATION; URBAN AREA;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BOUNDARY LAYER; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; INDIA; METEOROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIMULATION; SUMMER; WIND; WINTER;

GANGETIC PLAIN; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; PANTNAGAR; UTTARAKHAND;

EID: 84954388826     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.04.007     Document Type: Article

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