An overview of particulate matter measurement instruments

SS Amaral, JA de Carvalho Jr, MAM Costa, C Pinheiro - Atmosphere, 2015 - mdpi.com
This review article presents an overview of instruments available on the market for
measurement of particulate matter. The main instruments and methods of measuring …

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 …

Submicron aerosol composition in the world's most polluted megacity: the Delhi Aerosol Supersite study

S Gani, S Bhandari, S Seraj, DS Wang… - Atmospheric …, 2019 - acp.copernicus.org
Delhi, India, routinely experiences some of the world's highest urban particulate matter
concentrations. We established the Delhi Aerosol Supersite study to provide long-term …

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 …

Burning of municipal solid waste: An invitation for aerosol black carbon and PM2. 5 over mid–sized city in India

DK Mahato, TK Sankar, B Ambade… - Aerosol Science and …, 2023 - Springer
Waste management is the main concern of most cities in developing countries. The proper
procedure is needed to reduce Municipal solid waste, that's why burning is the cheaper way …

[HTML][HTML] Emission factors for PM and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from illegal burning of different types of municipal waste in households

A Hoffer, B Jancsek-Turóczi, Á Tóth… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - acp.copernicus.org
It is a common practice in developing countries and in some regions of Europe that solid
wastes generated in households (eg plastic beverage packaging and other plastic wastes …

Aerosol black carbon at an urban site-Srinagar, Northwestern Himalaya, India: Seasonality, sources, meteorology and radiative forcing

MA Bhat, SA Romshoo, G Beig - Atmospheric Environment, 2017 - Elsevier
Black carbon (BC) mass concentration was measured first-time at a high altitude urban site-
Srinagar (1600 m asl), in northwestern Himalaya, India using an Aethalometer during 2013 …

Microclimate simulation and model optimization of the effect of roadway green space on atmospheric particulate matter

S Deng, J Ma, L Zhang, Z Jia, L Ma - Environmental Pollution, 2019 - Elsevier
Urban green spaces have the potential to mitigate and regulate atmospheric pollution.
However, existing studies have primarily focused on the adsorption effect of different plants …

Potential influence of fine aerosol chemistry on the optical properties in a semi-arid region

P Tian, N Zhang, J Li, X Fan, X Guan, Y Lu, J Shi… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
The current understanding regarding the potential influence of aerosol chemistry on the
optical properties does not satisfy accurate evaluation of aerosol radiative effects and …

Particulate matter emission factors for biomass combustion

S Simões Amaral, J Andrade de Carvalho Jr… - Atmosphere, 2016 - mdpi.com
Emission factor is a relative measure and can be used to estimate emissions from multiple
sources of air pollution. For this reason, data from literature on particulate matter emission …