Black carbon aerosol in India: A comprehensive review of current status and future prospects

A Rana, S Jia, S Sarkar - Atmospheric Research, 2019 - Elsevier
India is currently the second-largest emitter of black carbon (BC) in the world, with emissions
projected to rise steadily in the coming decades. In view of the large variations associated …

Trend in household energy consumption pattern in India: A case study on the influence of socio-cultural factors for the choice of clean fuel use

K Ravindra, M Kaur-Sidhu, S Mor, S John - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2019 - Elsevier
Solid biomass fuel use is closely intertwined with the life of rural households in Asia.
However, its consumption and demand vary significantly across different countries, states …

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 …

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 …

Carbonaceous aerosols over China—review of observations, emissions, and climate forcing

L Wang, X Zhou, Y Ma, Z Cao, R Wu… - Environmental Science and …, 2016 - Springer
Carbonaceous aerosols have been attracting attention due to the influence on visibility, air
quality, and regional climate. Statistical analyses based on concentration levels, spatial …

PM2. 5 pollution exceeding Indian standard over a semi-urban region at eastern IGP: Chemistry, meteorological impact, and long-range transport

S Mukherjee, GK Singh, M Dutta, V Srivastava… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
A year-long study (January–December 2019) on the chemical characterization and
meteorological impact on PM 2.5 was conducted over a semi-urban station, Shyamnagar, in …

Intercomparison of equivalent black carbon (eBC) and elemental carbon (EC) concentrations with three-year continuous measurement in Beijing, China

X Liu, M Zheng, Y Liu, Y Jin, J Liu, B Zhang… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to the lack of black carbon (BC) measurement data in some cases, elemental carbon
(EC) is often used as a surrogate of BC, with a simple assumption that they are …

Online monitoring of carbonaceous aerosols in a northern Chinese city: Temporal variations, main drivers, and health risks

X Liu, X Zhang, B Jin, H Hadiatullah, L Zhang… - Atmospheric …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study examined the variability and source of carbonaceous aerosols, encompassing
total carbon (TC), organic carbon (OC), and secondary organic carbon (SOC) for the years …

[HTML][HTML] Measurement of black carbon in Delhi: evidences of regional transport, meteorology and local sources for pollution episodes

A Malik, SG Aggarwal, S Ohata, T Mori, Y Kondo… - Aerosol and Air Quality …, 2022 - aaqr.org
Measurement of particulate matter (PM) constituent such as black carbon (BC) over urban
sites is critically important owing to its adverse health and climate impacts. However, the …

Improved method to apportion optical absorption by black and brown carbon under the influence of haze and fog at Lumbini, Nepal, on the Indo-Gangetic Plains

S Izhar, T Gupta, AK Panday - Environmental Pollution, 2020 - Elsevier
Estimates of the brown carbon (BrC) absorption and their contribution to light absorption in
ambient aerosols are poorly understood. The existing approaches to apportion light …