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COVID-19 lockdown induced air pollution reduction over India: A lesson for future air pollution mitigation strategies
Air pollution is one of the biggest problems worldwide and needs to be addressed potentially with the implementation of updated stringent policies and legislative laws. The nationwide lockdown imposed to preve...
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Light absorption enhancement of particulate matters and their source apportionment over the Asian continental outflow site and South Yellow Sea
Light absorption enhancement of black carbon due to the aerosol mixing states is an important parameterization for climate modeling, while emission source contributions to the enhancement factor are unclear. A...
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Introduction
Air pollution is the most critical issue among the global scientific communities, and its continuously increasing trend due to rapid urbanization and economic development-associated energy demands causes an al...
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Chemical characteristics of particulate matters and their emission sources over Varanasi during winter season
The chemical composition of particulate matter impacts both human health and climate. In this study, the chemical characteristics of particulate matter was measured for four months (November 2016–February 2017...
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Spatial variability of sedimentary carbon in South Yellow Sea, China: impact of anthropogenic emission and long-range transportation
During the last few decades, sedimentary carbons gain great concerns of research interest among the scientific committee worldwide due to their adverse impact on aquatic chemistry, ecology, and hence human hea...
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Monitoring and Assessment of Air Pollution
During the last few decades, the rapid increase of industrialization and urbanization are the two major factors responsible for high levels of various air pollutants all over the globe. The enhancement of air ...
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Assessment of trends and emission sources of heavy metals from the soil sediments near the Bohai Bay
Anthropogenic emission sources (mainly vehicular and industrial emission) are one of the major emission sources of the heavy metals in aquatic ecosystems which have significant potential to perturb the marine ...
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Aerosol columnar characteristics and their heterogeneous nature over Varanasi, in the central Ganges valley
The Indo–Gangetic Basin (IGB) experiences one of the highest aerosol loading over the globe with pronounced inter-/intra-seasonal variability. Four-year (January 2011–December 2014) continuous MICROTOPS-II sun...
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Characterization and radiative impact of dust aerosols over northwestern part of India: a case study during a severe dust storm
The present study focused on examining the impact of a severe dust storm (DS) on aerosol properties over Patiala (30.33°N, 76.4°E), a site located in the northwestern part of India during 20th–23rd March, 2012...
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Study of the carbonaceous aerosol and morphological analysis of fine particles along with their mixing state in Delhi, India: a case study
Because of high emissions of anthropogenic as well as natural particles over the Indo-Gangetic Plains (IGP), it is important to study the characteristics of fine (PM2.5) and inhalable particles (PM10), including ...
