Air pollution trends over Indian megacities and their local-to-global implications

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 142, Issue , 2016, Pages 475-495

  Gurjar, B R ^a   Ravindra, Khaiwal ^b   Nagpure, Ajay Singh ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^b POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Air quality management; Carbon dioxide; Methane; Odd even scheme; PAHs

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMISSION CONTROL; GREENHOUSE GASES; METHANE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; POPULATION STATISTICS; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; SULFUR DIOXIDE; WASTE INCINERATION;

AMBIENT CONCENTRATIONS; CONCENTRATION TRENDS; CONSUMPTION OF ENERGY; CONTROL STRATEGIES; INDIAN GOVERNMENT; NUMBER OF VEHICLES; ODD-EVEN SCHEME; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTION;

CARBON MONOXIDE; METHANE; NITROGEN OXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE; OZONE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEVELOPING WORLD; ENERGY USE; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; MEGACITY; METHANE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PAH; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION MONITORING; TRAFFIC EMISSION; TREND ANALYSIS;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROL STRATEGY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; GREENHOUSE GAS; INDIA; INDIAN; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; TREND STUDY; URBAN AREA;

INDIA;

EID: 84982131762     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.06.030     Document Type: Review

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