COVID-19 lockdowns reduce the Black carbon and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons of the Asian atmosphere: source apportionment and health hazard evaluation

B Ambade, TK Sankar, A Kumar, AS Gautam… - Environment …, 2021 - Springer
The entire world is affected by Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), which is spreading
worldwide in a short time. India is one of the countries which is affected most, therefore, the …

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and control measures on air quality and aerosol light absorption in Southwestern China

Y Chen, S Zhang, C Peng, G Shi, M Tian… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
China has been performing nationwide social lockdown by releasing the Level 1 response
to major public health emergencies (RMPHE) to struggle against the COVID-19 (SARS-CoV …

Aging of biomass burning emissions in the Indo-Gangetic Plain outflow: Implications for black carbon light-absorption enhancement

SK Kompalli, SS Babu, TC Ajith, KK Moorthy… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - Elsevier
Recent studies worldwide have demonstrated that coating on atmospheric black carbon
(BC) aerosol enhances its absorption potential. However, studies quantifying the light …

Seasonal variability and source apportionment of black carbon over a rural high-altitude and an urban site in western India

GS Meena, S Mukherjee, P Buchunde, PD Safai… - Atmospheric Pollution …, 2021 - Elsevier
Black carbon (BC) mass concentration observations were carried out using Aethalometer
(AE-33) at an urban site Pune and at a high altitude forest site Mahabaleshwar during April …

[HTML][HTML] Seasonal contrast in size distributions and mixing state of black carbon and its association with PM chemical composition from the eastern coast of India

SK Kompalli, SN Suresh Babu… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - acp.copernicus.org
Over the Indian region, aerosol absorption is considered to have a potential impact on the
regional climate, monsoon and hydrological cycle. Black carbon (BC) is the dominant …

Black carbon aerosol quantification over north-west Himalayas: Seasonal heterogeneity, source apportionment and radiative forcing

Y Kant, DS Shaik, D Mitra, HC Chandola, SS Babu… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Continuous measurements of Black Carbon (BC) aerosol mass concentrations
were carried at Dehradun (30.33° N, 78.04° E, 700 m amsl), a semi-urban site in the foothills …

[HTML][HTML] Mixing state of refractory black carbon aerosol in the South Asian outflow over the northern Indian Ocean during winter

SK Kompalli, SNS Babu, KK Moorthy… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - acp.copernicus.org
Regional climatic implications of aerosol black carbon (BC), which has a wide variety of
anthropogenic sources in large abundance, are well recognized over South Asia. Significant …

Long-term variation of black carbon aerosol in China based on revised aethalometer monitoring data

B Guo, Y Wang, X Zhang, H Che, J Ming, Z Yi - Atmosphere, 2020 - mdpi.com
Black carbon (BC) aerosol, as a typical optical absorption aerosol, is of great significance to
the study of climate and radiation. The China Atmosphere Watch Network (CAWNET) …

Characterization and source apportionment of black carbon aerosol in the Nanjing Jiangbei New Area based on two years of measurements from Aethalometer

S Xiao, X Yu, B Zhu, KR Kumar, M Li, L Li - Journal of Aerosol Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Black carbon (BC) aerosols were measured using a seven channel Aethalometer at a
suburban site of Nanjing, East China from January 2015 to December 2016 to study its …

[HTML][HTML] Satellite (GOSAT-2 CAI-2) retrieval and surface (ARFINET) observations of aerosol black carbon over India

MM Gogoi, SS Babu, R Imasu… - … Chemistry and Physics, 2023 - acp.copernicus.org
Light-absorbing black carbon (BC) aerosols strongly affect Earth's radiation budget and
climate. This paper presents satellite retrieval of BC over India based on observations from …