Seasonal variation and sources of aerosol pollution in Delhi, India

Environmental Chemistry Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 529-534

  Mandal, Papiya ^a,b   Sarkar, R ^b   Mandal, A ^b   Saud, T ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^b DELHI TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Elemental carbon; Organic carbon; Particulate matter; Seasons; Urban air pollution

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027927007     PISSN: 16103653     EISSN: 16103661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10311-014-0479-x     Document Type: Article

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