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 …

Crop residue burning in northern India: Increasing threat to Greater India

S Sarkar, RP Singh, A Chauhan - Journal of Geophysical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Crop residue burning (CRB) is a recurring problem, during October–November, in the
northwestern regions (Punjab, Haryana, and western Uttar Pradesh) of India. The emissions …

Modeling the origin of anthropogenic black carbon and its climatic effect over the Tibetan Plateau and surrounding regions

J Yang, S Kang, Z Ji, D Chen - Journal of Geophysical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Black carbon (BC) in snow/ice induces enhanced snow and glacier melting. As over 60% of
atmospheric BC is emitted from anthropogenic sources, which directly impacts the …

Characterization of carbonaceous aerosols over the urban tropical location and a new approach to evaluate their climatic importance

PD Safai, MP Raju, PSP Rao, G Pandithurai - Atmospheric environment, 2014 - Elsevier
Increasing emissions from fossil-fuel, biomass burning, land use changes and industrial
growth have led to rapid increase in the atmospheric concentrations of carbonaceous …

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 …

Black carbon in contrasting environments in India: Temporal variability, source apportionment and radiative forcing

B Romshoo, MA Bhat, G Habib - Atmospheric Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Analyses of black carbon (BC) data from three different environments in India-Delhi
megacity, Srinagar metropolitan and Gulmarg hill station, showed that Delhi had the highest …

Recent advances in quantifying wet scavenging efficiency of black carbon aerosol

Y Yang, Y Fu, Q Lin, F Jiang, X Lian, L Li, Z Wang… - Atmosphere, 2019 - mdpi.com
Black carbon (BC) aerosol is of great importance not only for its strong potential in heating
air and impacts on cloud, but also because of its hazards to human health. Wet deposition is …

Black carbon aerosol quantification over north-west Himalayas: Seasonal heterogeneity, source apportionment and radiative forcing

Y Kant, DS Shaik, D Mitra, HC Chandola, SS Babu… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Continuous measurements of Black Carbon (BC) aerosol mass concentrations
were carried at Dehradun (30.33° N, 78.04° E, 700 m amsl), a semi-urban site in the foothills …

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) …

Aerosol black carbon characteristics over Central India: Temporal variation and its dependence on mixed layer height

SK Kompalli, SS Babu, KK Moorthy, MR Manoj… - Atmospheric …, 2014 - Elsevier
In a first of its kind study over the Indian region, concurrent and extensive measurements of
black carbon (BC) concentration and atmospheric boundary layer parameters are used to …