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 …

Air pollution in the hindu kush Himalaya

E Saikawa, A Panday, S Kang, R Gautam… - The Hindu Kush …, 2019 - Springer
Air pollution has large impacts on the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH), affecting not just the
health of people and ecosystems, but also climate, the cryosphere, monsoon patterns, water …

A climatology of aerosol optical and microphysical properties over the Indian subcontinent from 9 years (2000–2008) of Multiangle Imaging Spectroradiometer (MISR) …

S Dey, L Di Girolamo - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
We present the first detailed analysis of a 9 year (2000–2008) seasonal climatology of size‐
and shape‐segregated aerosol optical depth (AOD) and Ångström exponent (AE) over the …

Black carbon health impacts in the Indo-Gangetic plain: exposures, risks, and mitigation

S Verma, S Ghosh, O Boucher, R Wang, L Menut - Science Advances, 2022 - science.org
A large discrepancy between simulated and observed black carbon (BC) surface
concentrations over the densely populated Indo-Gangetic plain (IGP) has so far limited our …

Characteristics of aerosol black carbon mass concentration over a high altitude location in the Central Himalayas from multi-year measurements

UC Dumka, KK Moorthy, R Kumar, P Hegde… - Atmospheric …, 2010 - Elsevier
Multi-year measurements of near surface aerosol black carbon (BC) mass concentration,
made from a high altitude station at Manora Peak (29.4° N, 79.5° E, 1958mmsl) in the …

Black carbon aerosols over an urban region: Radiative forcing and climate impact

S Ramachandran, S Kedia - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Black carbon (BC) mass concentration in Ahmedabad, an urban location, varies from 2 μg
m− 3 during summer to 11 μg m− 3 during winter and postmonsoon seasons. Aerosol optical …

Aerosol temporal characteristics and its impact on shortwave radiative forcing at a location in the northeast of India

B Pathak, G Kalita, K Bhuyan… - Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Measurements of aerosol optical depth (AOD) and mass concentration of composite and
black carbon (BC) aerosols made with collocated instruments over Dibrugarh in Northeast …

Physical and optical properties of aerosols over an urban location in Spain: seasonal and diurnal variability

H Lyamani, FJ Olmo… - … Chemistry and Physics, 2010 - acp.copernicus.org
Measurements of aerosol optical properties and aerosol number size distribution obtained
during the period from December 2005 to November 2007 at Granada, an urban site in …

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 …

Seasonal variation of aerosol size distributions in the free troposphere and residual layer at the puy de Dôme station, France

H Venzac, K Sellegri, P Villani… - … Chemistry and Physics, 2009 - acp.copernicus.org
Particle number concentration and size distribution are important variables needed to
constrain the role of atmospheric particles in the Earth radiation budget, both directly and …