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 …

[HTML][HTML] Chemical and biological compositions associated with ambient respirable particulate matter: a review

NA Ramli, NFF Md Yusof, S Shith, A Suroto - Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 2020 - Springer
Particulate matter (PM) is defined as a mixture of solid and/or liquid particles that remain
separately dispersed in air. PM is not a pollutant by itself but a complex and dynamic …

Variability in atmospheric particulates and meteorological effects on their mass concentrations over Delhi, India

S Tiwari, DS Bisht, AK Srivastava, AS Pipal… - Atmospheric …, 2014 - Elsevier
Simultaneous and continuous measurements of PM 2.5 and PM 10 along with other co-
existent pollutants viz., black carbon (BC), CO, NO and NOx were carried out over Delhi with …

Intra-urban variability of particulate matter (PM2. 5 and PM10) and its relationship with optical properties of aerosols over Delhi, India

S Tiwari, PK Hopke, AS Pipal, AK Srivastava… - Atmospheric …, 2015 - Elsevier
Highly time-resolved measurements of particulate matter (PM: PM 2.5 and PM 10) were
made at three different sites across Delhi (CCRI: a highly traffic site, IMD: a less traffic site …

Aerosol climatology at Delhi in the western Indo‐Gangetic Plain: Microphysics, long‐term trends, and source strengths

NK Lodhi, SN Beegum, S Singh… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
We present the climatology of aerosol microphysics, its trends, and impact of potential
sources based on the long term measurements (for a period of 11.5 years from December …

[PDF][PDF] Variations in mass of the PM10, PM2. 5 and PM1 during the monsoon and the winter at New Delhi

S Tiwari, DM Chate, P Pragya, K Ali, DS Bisht - Aerosol and Air Quality …, 2012 - aaqr.org
ABSTRACTPM10, PM2. 5 and PM1 mass concentrations have been measured at Delhi (28°
35'N; 77° 12'E) during the August to December 2007. The running mean of PM10, PM2. 5 …

Atmospheric carbonaceous aerosols from Indo-Gangetic Plain and Central Himalaya: Impact of anthropogenic sources

K Ram, MM Sarin - Journal of environmental management, 2015 - Elsevier
In the present-day scenario of growing anthropogenic activities, carbonaceous aerosols
contribute significantly (∼ 20–70%) to the total atmospheric particulate matter mass and …

[HTML][HTML] Large contrast in the vertical distribution of aerosol optical properties and radiative effects across the Indo-Gangetic Plain during the SWAAMI–RAWEX …

A Vaishya, SNS Babu, V Jayachandran… - Atmospheric …, 2018 - acp.copernicus.org
Measurements of the vertical profiles of the optical properties (namely the extinction
coefficient and scattering and absorption coefficients respectively σ ext/σ scat/σ abs) of …

Long term studies on characteristics of black carbon aerosols over a tropical urban station Pune, India

PD Safai, MP Raju, KB Budhavant, PSP Rao… - Atmospheric …, 2013 - Elsevier
Continuous monitoring of surface black carbon (BC) was carried out using an Aethalometer
in Pune, an inland urban tropical location in SW India. BC data for the period of 6 years …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term study of aerosol–cloud–precipitation interaction over the eastern part of India using satellite observations during pre-monsoon season

S Kant, J Panda, SK Pani, PK Wang - Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2019 - Springer
This study attempts to analyze possible aerosol–cloud–precipitation interaction over the
eastern part of India including Bhubaneswar city and the whole Odisha region primarily …