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 …

An overview of emerging pollutants in air: Method of analysis and potential public health concern from human environmental exposure

CE Enyoh, AW Verla, W Qingyue, FO Ohiagu… - Trends in Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Air pollutants are perhaps the largest cause of diseases and death in the world today.
Increasing urbanization and industrialization have caused an increase in number of diverse …

A long-term spatiotemporal analysis of vegetation greenness over the Himalayan Region using Google Earth Engine

N Kumari, A Srivastava, UC Dumka - Climate, 2021 - mdpi.com
The Himalayas constitute one of the richest and most diverse ecosystems in the Indian sub-
continent. Vegetation greenness driven by climate in the Himalayan region is often …

Effects of crop residue burning on aerosol properties, plume characteristics, and long‐range transport over northern India

DG Kaskaoutis, S Kumar, D Sharma… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Aerosol emissions from biomass burning are of specific interest over the globe due to their
strong radiative impacts and climate implications. The present study examines the impact of …

Accumulation of aerosols over the Indo-Gangetic plains and southern slopes of the Himalayas: distribution, properties and radiative effects during the 2009 pre …

R Gautam, NC Hsu, SC Tsay, KM Lau… - Atmospheric …, 2011 - acp.copernicus.org
We examine the distribution of aerosols and associated optical/radiative properties in the
Gangetic-Himalayan region from simultaneous radiometric measurements over the Indo …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Distribution and transport characteristics of dust aerosol over Tibetan Plateau and Taklimakan Desert in China using MERRA-2 and CALIPSO data

X Xu, H Wu, X Yang, L **e - Atmospheric environment, 2020 - Elsevier
The distribution and transportation characteristics of dust aerosol over the Tibetan Plateau
(TP) and Taklimakan Desert (TD) were analyzed during 1980–2017 using MERRA-2 …

High altitude (∼ 4520 m amsl) measurements of black carbon aerosols over western trans‐Himalayas: Seasonal heterogeneity and source apportionment

SS Babu, JP Chaubey… - Journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The first ever, year‐round measurements of aerosol black carbon (BC) over the western part
of trans‐Himalayas are reported from Hanle (∼ 4520 m above mean sea level). The daily …