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 …

Black carbon emissions from traffic contribute sustainability to air pollution in urban cities of India

AJ Hussain, TK Sankar, M Vithanage, B Ambade… - Water, Air, & Soil …, 2023 - Springer
Real-time measurement of black carbon (BC) aerosol contaminated air has potential for
human health and climate change. A comprehensive investigation of BC concentration and …

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 …

An overview of the studies on black carbon and mineral dust deposition in snow and ice cores in East Asia

X Wang, B Xu, J Ming - Journal of Meteorological Research, 2014 - Springer
Black carbon (BC) is the most effective insoluble light-absorbing particulate (ILAP), which
can strongly absorb solar radiation at visible wavelengths. Once BC is deposited in snow via …

Assessing the PM2. 5 impact of biomass combustion in megacity Dhaka, Bangladesh

MM Rahman, BA Begum, PK Hopke, K Nahar… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract In Dhaka, Bangladesh, fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) air pollution shows strong
seasonal trends, with significantly higher mean concentrations during winter than during the …

A 5.5-year observations of black carbon aerosol at a megacity in Central China: levels, sources, and variation trends

H Zheng, S Kong, M Zheng, Y Yan, L Yao… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract After releasing the Air Pollution Prevention Control and Action Plan (APPC) in
China since 2013, the role of source emission control strategies and meteorological …

Tethered balloon-born and ground-based measurements of black carbon and particulate profiles within the lower troposphere during the foggy period in Delhi, India

DS Bisht, S Tiwari, UC Dumka, AK Srivastava… - Science of the Total …, 2016 - Elsevier
The ground and vertical profiles of particulate matter (PM) were mapped as part of a pilot
study using a Tethered balloon within the lower troposphere (1000 m) during the foggy …

Long‐term trend in Black Carbon mass concentration over Central Indo‐Gangetic Plain location: Understanding the implied change in radiative forcing

BJ Mehrotra, AK Srivastava, A Singh… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
For the first‐time, analysis of a decade long measurement of Black Carbon mass
concentration (BC) was carried out at a representative central Indo‐Gangetic Plain (IGP) …

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 aerosols: Relative source strengths of vehicular emissions and residential/open wood burning over an urban and a semi-urban environment

TA Rajesh, S Ramachandran, VK Dhaker - Atmospheric Pollution Research, 2021 - Elsevier
A comprehensive investigation of equivalent black carbon (eBC) mass concentration was
conducted over an urban (Ahmedabad) and an adjoining semi-urban (Anand) environment …