Residential biomass burning emissions over Northwestern Himalayan region of India: Chemical characterization and budget estimation

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 504-518

  Saxena, Mohit ^a   Sharma, Sudhir Kumar ^a   Tomar, Nidhi ^b   Ghayas, Humaira ^b   Sen, Avirup ^a   Garhwal, Rohtash Singh ^a   Gupta, Naresh Chandra ^b   Mandal, Tuhin Kumar ^a  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^b GURU GOBIND SINGH INDRAPRASTHA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Budget estimation; Emission factor; Northwestern Himalayan region; Particulate matter; Trace gases

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BIOMASS; BUDGET CONTROL; FUELS; GASES; ORGANIC CARBON; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; WOOD FUELS;

ANNUAL CONSUMPTION; BIOMASS BURNING EMISSIONS; CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; EMISSION FACTORS; NORTHWESTERN HIMALAYAN REGION; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); TRACE-GASES;

PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

BIOMASS BURNING; COMBUSTION; COOKING APPLIANCE; FUELWOOD; INORGANIC COMPOUND; NITROUS OXIDE; ORGANIC CARBON; PAH; PARTICULATE MATTER; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TRACE GAS;

HIMACHAL PRADESH; INDIA; UTTARAKHAND;

EID: 84959350237     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2015.04.0237     Document Type: Article

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