A review on ambient and indoor air pollution status in Africa

KE Agbo, C Walgraeve, JI Eze, PE Ugwoke… - Atmospheric Pollution …, 2021 - Elsevier
In spite of the global outcry for urgent action against air pollution, most African countries lack
functional air quality monitoring stations and data there from; making air quality …

Exposure to particulate matter in India: A synthesis of findings and future directions

P Pant, SK Guttikunda, RE Peltier - Environmental research, 2016 - Elsevier
Air pollution poses a critical threat to human health with ambient and household air pollution
identified as key health risks in India. While there are many studies investigating …

Seasonal characteristics of aerosols (PM2. 5 and PM10) and their source apportionment using PMF: A four year study over Delhi, India

S Jain, SK Sharma, N Vijayan, TK Mandal - Environmental Pollution, 2020 - Elsevier
The present study attempts to explore and compare the seasonal variability in chemical
composition and contributions of different sources of fine and coarse fractions of aerosols …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of air pollution control measures and regional transport on carbonaceous aerosols in fine particulate matter in urban Beijing, China: insights gained …

D Ji, W Gao, W Maenhaut, J He, Z Wang… - Atmospheric …, 2019 - acp.copernicus.org
As major chemical components of airborne fine particulate matter (PM 2.5), organic carbon
(OC) and elemental carbon (EC) have vital impacts on air quality, climate change, and …

Day–night variability of EC, OC, WSOC and inorganic ions in urban environment of Indo-Gangetic Plain: Implications to secondary aerosol formation

K Ram, MM Sarin - Atmospheric Environment, 2011 - Elsevier
This manuscript reports on the day-and night-time variability of EC, OC, WSOC and
inorganic ions in ambient aerosols (PM2. 5 and PM10) sampled from an urban site (Kanpur) …

Carbonaceous aerosols and pollutants over Delhi urban environment: temporal evolution, source apportionment and radiative forcing

DS Bisht, UC Dumka, DG Kaskaoutis, AS Pipal… - Science of the Total …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Particulate matter (PM 2.5) samples were collected over Delhi, India during January
to December 2012 and analysed for carbonaceous aerosols and inorganic ions (SO 4 2 …

PM2. 5 chemical composition in five European Mediterranean cities: A 1-year study

D Salameh, A Detournay, J Pey, N Pérez, F Liguori… - Atmospheric …, 2015 - Elsevier
The seasonal and spatial characteristics of PM 2.5 and its chemical composition in the
Mediterranean Basin have been studied over a 1-year period (2011–2012) in five European …

Characteristics and emission budget of carbonaceous species from post-harvest agricultural-waste burning in source region of the Indo-Gangetic Plain

P Rajput, M Sarin, D Sharma, D Singh - Air Quality, 2016 - taylorfrancis.com
The hot-spots of atmospheric pollutants over the Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP) and a thick layer
of haze advecting towards the Bay of Bengal (BoB) during the wintertime have been …

Temporal and spatial variability of carbonaceous species (EC; OC; WSOC and SOA) in PM2. 5 aerosol over five sites of Indo-Gangetic Plain

HS Bhowmik, S Naresh, D Bhattu, N Rastogi… - Atmospheric Pollution …, 2021 - Elsevier
A year-long offline based study was performed at five sites of Indo-Gangetic plain to get the
spatio-temporal variation in elemental carbon (EC), organic carbon (OC), water-soluble …

Temporal Trends in Atmospheric PM2.5, PM10, Elemental Carbon, Organic Carbon, Water-Soluble Organic Carbon, and Optical Properties: Impact of Biomass …

K Ram, MM Sarin, SN Tripathi - Environmental science & …, 2012 - ACS Publications
The first simultaneous measurements and analytical data on atmospheric concentrations of
PM2. 5, PM10, inorganic constituents, carbonaceous species, and their optical properties …