Characteristics and emission budget of carbonaceous species from post-harvest agricultural-waste burning in source region of the Indo-Gangetic Plain

Prashant Rajput; Manmohan Sarin; Deepti Sharma; Darshan Singh

doi:10.3402/tellusb.v66.21026

Characteristics and emission budget of carbonaceous species from post-harvest agricultural-waste burning in source region of the Indo-Gangetic Plain

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 66 (2014): Issue 1

By: Prashant Rajput, Manmohan Sarin, Deepti Sharma and Darshan Singh

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v66.21026 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889

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Language: English

Page range: 21026 - 21026

Submitted on: Apr 2, 2013

Accepted on: Dec 9, 2013

Published on: Jan 1, 2014

Published by: Stockholm University Press

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

biomass burning emission,

elemental carbon,

organic carbon,

water soluble organic carbon,

polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons,

emission budget

© 2014 Prashant Rajput, Manmohan Sarin, Deepti Sharma, Darshan Singh, published by Stockholm University Press
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