[HTML][HTML] Impact of lockdown on air quality in India during COVID-19 pandemic

RP Singh, A Chauhan - Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health, 2020 - Springer
First time in India, total lockdown was announced on 22 March 2020 to stop the spread of
COVID-19 and the lockdown was extended for 21 days on 24 March 2020 in the first phase …

An overview of regional and local characteristics of aerosols in South Africa using satellite, ground, and modeling data

SP Hersey, RM Garland, E Crosbie… - Atmospheric …, 2015 - acp.copernicus.org
We present a comprehensive overview of particulate air quality across the five major
metropolitan areas of South Africa (Cape Town, Bloemfontein, Johannesburg and Tshwane …

A bibliometric and scientometric: analysis towards global pattern and trends related to aerosol and precipitation studies from 2002 to 2022

RP Kumar, C Samuel, S Gautam - Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health, 2023 - Springer
The recent heavy downpours in specific regions have initiated several studies on the
relationship between aerosol and precipitation. The increase in pollution/population and the …

An analysis of AERONET aerosol absorption properties and classifications representative of aerosol source regions

DM Giles, BN Holben, TF Eck, A Sinyuk… - Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Partitioning of mineral dust, pollution, smoke, and mixtures using remote sensing techniques
can help improve accuracy of satellite retrievals and assessments of the aerosol radiative …

Effects of crop residue burning on aerosol properties, plume characteristics, and long‐range transport over northern India

DG Kaskaoutis, S Kumar, D Sharma… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Aerosol emissions from biomass burning are of specific interest over the globe due to their
strong radiative impacts and climate implications. The present study examines the impact of …

Observational relationships between aerosol and Asian monsoon rainfall, and circulation

KM Lau, KM Kim - Geophysical research letters, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Preliminary observational evidences are presented showing that the Indian subcontinent
and surrounding regions are subject to heavy loading of absorbing aerosols, ie, dust and …

Climatological aspects of the optical properties of fine/coarse mode aerosol mixtures

TF Eck, BN Holben, A Sinyuk, RT Pinker… - Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Aerosol mixtures composed of coarse mode desert dust combined with fine mode
combustion generated aerosols (from fossil fuel and biomass burning sources) were …

Crop residue burning in northern India: Increasing threat to Greater India

S Sarkar, RP Singh, A Chauhan - Journal of Geophysical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Crop residue burning (CRB) is a recurring problem, during October–November, in the
northwestern regions (Punjab, Haryana, and western Uttar Pradesh) of India. The emissions …

[PDF][PDF] Climate profile of India

SD Attri, A Tyagi - Environment Monitoring and Research Center …, 2010 - researchgate.net
The beginnings of meteorology in India can be traced to ancient times from the philosophical
writings of the Vedic period, contain serious discussion about the processes of cloud …

Investigating the potential role of ammonia in ion chemistry of fine particulate matter formation for an urban environment

SN Behera, M Sharma - Science of the Total Environment, 2010 - Elsevier
To investigate the potential role of ammonia in ion chemistry of PM2. 5 aerosol,
measurements of PM2. 5 (particulate matter having aerodynamic diameter< 2.5 µm) along …