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 …

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 …

What controls the seasonal cycle of black carbon aerosols in India?

R Kumar, MC Barth, GG Pfister, VS Nair… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The seasonal variability of black carbon (BC) aerosols in India is studied using high
resolution (10 km) BC simulations conducted using the Weather Research and Forecasting …

A review on the techniques used and status of equivalent black carbon measurement in two major Asian countries

A Malik, SG Aggarwal - Asian Journal of Atmospheric Environment, 2021 - Springer
Black Carbon (BC) is a major pollutant that poses immediate health as well as long-term
climatic threat to human civilization. Globally, India and China are considered to be among …

Effect of biomass burning on black carbon (BC) in South Asia and Tibetan Plateau: The analysis of WRF-Chem modeling

R Xu, X Tie, G Li, S Zhao, J Cao, T Feng… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
The focus of this study is to evaluate the impact of biomass burning (BB) from South Asia
and Southeast Asia on the glaciers over the Tibetan Plateau. The seasonality and long-term …

Observation of thunderstorm-induced muon events in GRAPES-3 experiment

PK Nayak, M Chakraborty, SR Dugad, SK Gupta… - Journal of Atmospheric …, 2024 - Elsevier
The GRAPES-3 tracking muon telescope located at Ooty (India) records short-term
variations in the muon intensity during major thunderstorms, termed thunderstorm-induced …

Long-term observations of black carbon aerosol over a rural location in southern peninsular India: Role of dynamics and meteorology

VR Kiran, S Talukdar, MV Ratnam… - Atmospheric Environment, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Ten years (2008–2017) of Black Carbon (BC) observations obtained using
Aethalometer (AE-31) are analyzed to investigate the seasonal trends and temporal …

Relationship between long-range transported atmospheric black carbon and carbon monoxide at a high-altitude background station in East Asia

SK Pani, CF Ou-Yang, SH Wang, JA Ogren… - Atmospheric …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Lulin Atmospheric Background Station (LABS, 23.47° N, 120.87° E; 2862 m above
sea level) at the summit of Mount Lulin in central Taiwan was established in spring 2006 and …

Black carbon aerosols over urban and high altitude remote regions: Characteristics and radiative implications

TA Rajesh, S Ramachandran - Atmospheric Environment, 2018 - Elsevier
Temporal and seasonal variabilities in black carbon (BC) mass concentrations, equivalent
BC from fossil fuel (BC ff) and wood burning (BC wb) are investigated using multiwavelength …

Black Carbon aerosol characteristics and radiative forcing over the high altitude glacier region of Himalaya-Karakorum-Hindukush

B Zeb, K Alam, J Nasir, M Mansha, I Ahmad… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Absorbing aerosols mainly Black Carbon (BC) have potential effects on the
hydrological cycle and climate change over the high-altitude regions particularly in South …