Air Quality in India Database


1	Reference	Year	Title	Journal	Keywords

2	Kulshrestha et al.	1995	Identification of the nature and source of atmospheric aerosols near the Taj Mahal (India)	Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
3	Negi et al.	1996	Characterization of atmospheric dust at Gurushikar, Mt. Abu, Rajasthan	Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
4	Pandey et al.	1998	Trace elemental composition of atmospheric particulate at Bhilai in central-east India	Science of the Total Environment	Aerosol; trace metal; ICP spectroscopy
5	Balachandran et al.	2000	Particle size distribution and its elemental composition in the ambient air of Delhi	Environment International	PM; PCA; Heavy metals; Particle size
6	Bandhu et al.	2000	Elemental composition and sources of air pollution in the city of Chandigarh, India, using EDXRF and PIXE techniques	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms	EDXRF; PIXE; Air Pollution
7	Kulkarni and Venkataraman	2000	Atmospheric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Mumbai, India	Atmospheric Environment	Urban aerosols; PAHs; biomass-burning stoves; vehicular emissions; industrial-oil burning
8	Kumar et al.	2001	Source apportionment of suspended particulate matter at two traffic junctions in Mumbai, India	Atmospheric Environment	Traffic junction; FA-MLR
9	Negi et al.	2002	Atmospheric dust loads and their elemental composition at a background site in India	Environmental Monitoring and Assessment	Enrichment factor; fractionation
10	Banerjee	2003	Heavy metal levels and solid phase speciation in street dusts of Delhi	Environmental Pollution	Street dust; heavy metals; PCA; chemical speciation
11	Sharma and Pervez	2004	A case study of spatial variation and enrichment of selected elements in ambient particulate matter around a large coal-fired power station in central India	Environmental Geochemistry and Health
12	Sharma et al.	2003	Preliminary chemical characterization of particle-phase organic compounds in New Delhi, India	Atmospheric Environment	PM10; PAHs; Delhi air quality
13	Tripathi et al.	2004	Vertical distribution of atmospheric trace metals and their sources at Mumbai, India	Atmospheric Environment	SPM; Particle size; marine aerosol; trace elements
14	Khillare et al.	2004	Spatial and temporal variation of heavy metals in atmospheric aerosol in India	Environmental Monitoring and Assessment	Delhi; RSPM; enrichment
15	Mönkönnen et al.	2004	Relationship and variations of aerosol number and PM10 mass concentrations in a highly polluted urban environment- New Delhi, India	Atmospheric Environment	PM; Number concentration; Mass concentration; urban aerosols
16	Khillare et al.	2005	Profile of PAHs in the diesel vehicle exhaust in Delhi	Environmental Monitoring and Assessment	buses; trucks; PAHs; Delhi
17	Khillare et al.	2005	Profile of PAHs in the diesel vehicle exhaust in Delhi	Environmental Monitoring and Assessment	Auto-rickshaw; cars; Delhi; two-wheelers; PAHs; vehicular condense
18	Sharma and Maloo	2005	Assessment of ambient air PM10 and PM2.5 and characterization of PM10 in the city of Kanpur, India	Atmospheric Environment	Heavy metals; benzene soluble fraction; PM
19	Karar and Gupta	2005	Seasonal variations and chemical characterization of ambient PM10 at residential and industrial sites of an urban region of Kolkata (Calcutta), India	Atmospheric Research	Aerosol; Seasonal variations; Statistical analysis; Urban region; Kolkata
20	Mouli et al.	2006	A study on trace elemental composition of atmospheric aerosols at a semi-arid urban site using ICP-MS technique	Atmospheric Environment	Trace elements; ICP-MS; PM
21	Sharma et al.	2007	Characterization and source identification of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the urban environment of Delhi	Chemosphere	PAHs; PM; GC-MS
22	Gupta et al.	2007	Chemical mass balance source apportionment of PM10 and TSP in residential and industrial sites of an urban region of Kolkata, India	Journal of Hazardous Materials	CMB; Source Apportionment
23	Gupta et al.	2007	Spatio-temporal characteristics of gaseous and particulate pollutants in an urban region of Kolkata, India	Atmospheric Research	Ambient; Gaseous pollutants; Meteorology; Particulate matter; Principal component analysis; Seasonal variations
24	Karar and Gupta	2007	Source apportionment of PM10 at residential and industrial sites of an urban region of Kolkata, India	Atmospheric Research	PM; PCA; receptor model
25	Haritash and Kaushik	2007	Assessment of seasonal enrichment of heavy metals in respirable suspended particulate matter of a sub-urban city	Environmental Monitoring and Assessment	Heavy metals; RSPM; Enrichment Factor
26	Chowdhury et al.	2007	Speciation of fine organic carbon particles and source apportionment of PM2.5 in Indian cities	Journal of Geophysical Research- Atmospheres	CMB; Organic Speciation; PM2.5
27	Srivastava and Jain	2007	Seasonal trends in coarse and fine particle sources in Delhi by the chemical mass balance receptor model	Journal of Hazardous Materials	Coarse and fine particles; CMB
28	Srivastava and Jain	2007	Size distribution and source identification of total suspended particulate matter and associated heavy metals in the urban atmosphere of Delhi	Chemosphere	Size distribution; PM
29	Chelani et al.	2008	Source apportionment of PM10 in Mumbai, India suing CMB model	Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology	PM; CMB; Source Apportionment
30	Srivastava et al.	2008	Source apportionment of total suspended particulate matter in coarse and fine ranges over Delhi	AAQR	Source apportionment; CMB; PCA
31	Srivastava and Jain	2008	Source apportionment of suspended particulate in a clean area of Delhi: A note	Transportation Research Part D	Source apportionment; CMB; Metals; Aerosols
32	Vijayanand et al.	2008	Assessment of heavy metal contents in the ambient air of Coimbatore city, Tamil Nadu, India	Journal of Hazardous Materials	Heavy metal; SPM
33	Bhanarkar et al.	2008	Composition and size distribution of particules emissions from a coal-fired power plant in India	Fuel	Coal combustion; Particle Size Distribution; Chemical Composition
34	Bhanuprasad et al.	2008	ositive Matrix Factorization and trajectory modelling for source identification: A new look at Indian Ocean Experiment ship observations	Atmospheric Environment	PMF; Aerosol; INDONEX; PSCF
35	Kothai et al.	2008	Source apportionment of coarse and fine particulate matter at Navi Mumbai, India	AAQR	FA-MLR; Receptor modelling
36	Khillare et al.	2008	Temporal variability of benzene concentration in the ambient air of Delhi: A comparative assessment of pre- and post-CNG periods	Journal of Hazardous Materials	Benzene; Delhi; Seasonal variation; Spatial variation; Vehicular exhaust
37	Khillare et al.	2008	Impact of CNG implementation on PAHs concentration in the ambient air of Delhi: A comparative assessment of pre- and post-CNG scenario	Environmental Monitoring and Assessment	CNG . Delhi . PAH . PM10
38	Singh et al.	2008	Receptor modeling for source apportioment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in urban atmosphere	Environmental Monitoring and Assessment	Source apportionment; PCA/PCS; Particulates; Vegetation/foliage; multiple linear regression; receptor modelling
39	Srivastava et al.	2009	Winter-time size distribution and source apportionment of total suspended particulate matter and associated metals in Delhi	Atmospheric Research	Size distribution; PM; CMB
40	Srivastava et al.	2009	SEM-EDX analysis of various size aerosols in Delhi India	Environmental Monitoring and Assessment	SEM; Aerosol; Metals
41	Agarwal	2009	Concentration level, pattern and toxic potential of PAHs in traffic soil of Delhi	Journal of Hazardous Materials	PAH; PCA; Traffic soil; Toxic equivalency factor
42	Kulshrestha et al.	2009	Metal concentration of PM2.5 and PM10 particles and seasonal variations in urban and rural environment of Agra	Science of The Total Environment	Metal concentration; source apportionment; air quality
43	Rastogi and Sarin	2009	Quantitative chemical composition and characteristics of aerosols over western India: One-year record of temporal variability	Atmospheric Environment	OC; mineral dust; Iron; Carbonaceous aerosol; EC
44	Tiwari et al.	2009	Black carbon and chemical characteristics of PM10 and PM2.5 at an urban site of North India	Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry	PM; BC; NAAQS
45	Aatmeeyata and Sharma	2010	Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, elemental and organic carbon emissions from tire-wear	Science of the Total Environment	OC, EC, tire wear, PAH, emission factors
46	Chelani et al.	2010	Particle size distribution in ambient air of Delhi and its statistical analysis	Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology	Elemental composition; size fraction distribution
47	Chakrobarty and Gupta	2010	Chemical Characterization of Submicron Aerosol in Kanpur Region: a Source Apportionment Study	AAQR	Source Apportionment; UNMIX; PCA; PM1
48	Fu et al.	2010	Molecular characterization of urban organic aerosol in tropical India: contributions of primary emissions and secondary photooxidation	Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
49	Kar et al.	2010	Metallic components of trafﬁc-induced urban aerosol, their spatial variation, and source apportionment	Environmental Monitoring and Assessment	Particles; factor analysis; enrichment
50	Khare and Baruah	2010	Elemental characterization and source identification of PM2.5 using multivariate analysis at the suburban site of North-East India	Atmospheric Research	Enrichment factor; Source Apportionment; PM2.5
51	Kumar and Deshmukh	2010	Elemental and organic carbon in ambient air of a major Indian urban community	Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology	EC; OC; PM10; PM2.5
52	Sarkar et al.	2010	Chemical speciation of respirable suspended particulate matter during a major firework festival in India	Journal of Hazardous Materials	Fireworks; Metals; PAHs; aerosols
53	Masih et al.	2010	Concentrations, sources, and exposure proﬁles of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in particulate matter (PM10) in the north central part of India	Environmental Monitoring and Assessment	PAH; Factor analysis; Toxic equivalency factor; PM10
54	Mohanraj et al.	2010	Fine particulate phase PAHs in the ambient atmosphere of Chennai metropolitan city, India	Environmental Science and Pollution Research	PM2.5; PAH; urban area; vehicular emissions
55	Ram and Sarin	2010	Spatio-temporal variability in atmospheric abundances of EC, OC and WSOC over Northern India	Journal of Aerosol Science	Aerosol; OC; EC: WSOC
56	Shridhar et al.	2010	Metallic species in ambient particulate matter at rural and urban location of Delhi	Journal of Hazardous Materials	Enrichment factor; PCA-MLR; SPM
57	Gummeneni et al.	2011	Source apportionment of particulate matter in the ambient air of Hyderabad city, India	Atmospheric Research	SA; PM2.5; CMB; metals
58	Mathur et al.	2011	Anthropogenic platinum, palladium and rhodium concentrations in road dusts from Hyderabad city, India	Environmental Earth Sciences	Road dust; catalytic converter; NiS-FA-ICP-MS
59	Meena et al.	2011	Discrimination between anthropogenic (pollution) and lithogenic magnetic fraction in urban soils (Delhi, India) using environmental magnetism	Journal of Applied Geophysics	Urban soil pollution; Environmental magnetism
60	Srimuruganandam and Shiva Nagendra	2011	Characteristics of particulate matter and heterogeneous traffic in the urban area of India	Atmospheric Environment	PM; coarse and fine particles
61	Srimuruganandam and Shiva Nagendra	2011	Chemical characterization of PM10 and PM2.5 mass concentrations emitted by heterogeneous traffic	Science of the Total Environment	Ionic species; marine aerosol; metallic elements; trace elements
62	Srimuruganandam and Shiva Nagendra	2011	Application of positive matrix factorization in characterization of PM10 and PM2.5 emission sources at urban roadside	Chemosphere	Motor vehicles; PM; PMF; marine aerosol; secondary aerosol
63	Agarwal et al.	2011	Study of aerosol behavious on the basis of morphological characteristics during festival events in India	Atmospheric Environment	SEM-EDX; BC; Indian festivals
64	Pant and Harrison	2012	Critical review of receptor modelling for particulate matter: A case study of India	Atmospheric Environment	SA; CMB; Receptor Model; Multivariate Models
65	Khillare and Sarkar	2012	Airborne inhalable metals in residential areas of Delhi, India: distribution, source apportionment and health risks	Atmospheric Pollution Research	PCA-MLR; metals; source apportionment
66	Nishanth et al.	2012	Atmospheric pollution in a semi-urban, coastal region in India following festival seasons	Atmospheric Environment	Air quality; Ozone; NOx; PM10; Fireworks; Kerala
67	Pachauri et al.	2013	Characterization of carbonaceous aerosols with special reference to episodic events at Agra, India	Atmospheric Research	OC; EC; Diural variation; SEM/EDX; PM2.5
68	Pachauri et al.	2013	SEM-EDX Characterization of Individual Coarse Particles in Agra, India	Aerosol and Air Quality Research	SEM-EDX; Single particle analysis; soil-related aerosol
69	Singh et al.	2013	Mass-size distribution of PM10 and its characterization of ionic species in fine (PM2.5) and coarse (PM10−2.5) mode, New Delhi, India	Natural Hazards	PM; size distribution
70	Yadav and Satsangi	2013	Characterization of particulate matter and its related metal toxicity in an urban location in South West India	Environmental Monitoring and Assessment	toxicity; bioavailable
71	Yadav et al.	2013	http://www.isca.in/IJENS/Archive/v2/i12/4.ISCA-IRJEvS-2013-230.pdf	International Research Journal of Environment Science
72	Dewangan et al.	2014	Uncharted sources of particle bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from South Asia: Religious/ritual burning practices	Atmospheric Pollution Research	religious and ritual burning practices, emission factor, emission budget
73	Giri et al.	2013	Composition and sources of organic tracers in aerosol particles of industrial central India	Atmospheric Research	PM10; Lipids; PAH; GC-MS; Raipur
74	Rangabhashiyam et al.	2013	A holistic approach combining factor analysis, positive matrix factorization and UMNIX applied to receptor modelling	Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research	PM10; Source contribution; PMF; UNMIX
75	Li et al.	2014	Comparison of abundances, compositions and sources of elements, inorganic ions and organic compounds in atmospheric aerosols from Xi'an and New Delhi, two megacities in China and India	Science of the Total Environment	Chemical compositions; Organic aerosols; PAHs, Carcinogenicity; Aerosol aging
76	Matawle et al.	2014	PM2.5 Chemical Source Profiles of Emissions Resulting from Industrial and Domestic Burning Activities in India	AAQR
77	Sharma et al.	2014	Variation of OC, EC, WSIC and trace metals of PM10 in Delhi, India	Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics	Positive matrix factorization; Enrichment factor; EC; OC
78	Rajaram et al.	2014	Heavy metals contamination in road dust in Delhi city, India	Environmental Earth Sciences	Encrichment factor; PCA; Road Dust
79	Rajput and Sarin	2014	Polar and non-polar organic aerosols from large-scale agricultural-waste burning emissions in Northern India: Implications to organic mass-to-organic carbon ratio	Chemosphere	Polar organic aerosol; Non-polar organic aerosol; Organic mass-to-organic carbon ratio
80	Pipalatkar et al.	2014	Source apportionment of PM2.5 using a CMB model for a centrally located Indian city	AAQR	Metals; Anions-Cations; OC-EC; Source apportionment; CMB
81	Saxena et al.	2014	Study on particulate polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons over Bay of Bengal in winter season	Atmospheric Research	Marine aerosol; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon; Spatial distribution; Toxicity; PCA
82	Singh et al.	2014	Black Carbon and Elemental Carbon from Postharvest Agricultural-Waste Burning Emissions in the Indo-Gangetic Plain	Advances in Meteorology
83	Tiwari et al.	2014	Variability in atmospheric particulates and meteorological effects on their mass concentrations over Delhi, India	Atmospheric Research	PM, Diurnal pattern, Seasonal Pattern
84	Yadav et al.	2014	The linkages of anthropogenic emissions and meteorology in the rapid increase of particulate matter at a foothill city in the Arawali range of India	Atmospheric Environment	PM, PM10, coarse pollution, meteorology
85	Sudheer et al. (AIP)		Diurnal and Seasonal Characteristics of Aerosol Ionic Constituents over an Urban Location in Western India: Secondary Aerosol Formation and Meteorological Influence	AAQR
86	Sen et al.	2014	Chemical properties of emission from biomass fuels used in the rural sector of the western region of India	Atmospheric Environment	Biomass burning; Emission Factor; PM; Trace gases; OC; EC; Water soluble Ionic Species
87	Tuyen et al.	2014	Methylated and unsubstituted polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in street dust from Vietnam and India: Occurrence, distribution and in vitro toxicity evaluation	Environmental Pollution	MePAHs; AhR; CALUX; Street dust; Vietnam; India
88	Kumar et al.	2014	Snapshot of PM Loads Evaluated at Major Road and Railway Intersections in an Urban Locality	International Journal of Environmental Protection	PM10; PM2.5; PM1; Air Pollution; Vehicular Emission; Construction Activity; Railroad Intersection
89	Agnihotri et al.	2014	Bulk Level to Individual Particle Level Chemical Composition of Atmospheric Dust Aerosols (PM5) over a Semi-Arid Urban Zone of Western India (Rajasthan)	AAQR	PM5; Mineral dust aerosols; Rajasthan; Chemical composition; Refractive index
90	Kuniyal et al.	2014	Water Soluble Ionic Components in Particulate Matter (PM10) during High Pollution Episode Days at Mohal and Kothi, in the North-Western Himalaya, India	AAQR	Particulate pollutants; Ionic species; Neutralization factor; Anthropogenic activities; Factor analysis
91	Pavuluri et al.	2014	Time-resolved distributions of bulk parameters, diacids, ketoacids and α-dicarbonyls and stable carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios of TC and TN in tropical Indian aerosols: Influence of land/sea breeze and secondary processes	Atmospheric Research	Bulk parameters; Diacids; Stable isotope ratios; Time-resolved distributions; Tropical coastal Indian aerosols
92	Sharma et al.	2014	Source apportionment of PM10 by using positive matrix factorization at an urban site of Delhi, India	Urban Climate	PM10, Organic carbon, Elemental carbon, Positive matrix factorization, Enrichment factor analysis
93	Jyethi et. al.	2013	Risk assessment of inhalation exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in school children	Environmental Science and Pollution Research	Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)School childrenInhalation exposureIncremental cancer risk assessment (ILCR)Delhi
94	Jyethi et. al.	2014	Particulate phase polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the ambient atmosphere of a protected and ecologically sensitive area in a tropical megacity	Urban Forestry & Urban Greening	Delhi; Health risk assessment; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs); Protected areas; Source apportionment
95	Masih et al.	2012	Study of air–soil exchange of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the north-central part of India – a semi arid region	Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts Formerly the Journal of Environmental Monitoring	PAH, AGRA, GC-MS
96	Pipal and Satsangi	2014	Study of carbonaceous species, morphology and sources of fine (PM2.5) and coarse (PM10) particles along with their climatic nature in India	Atmospheric Research	Carbonaceous species; morphology; SOC and POC; ECR; Sources; Climatic nature
97	Sarangi et al.	2014	A Simplified Approach to Calculate Particle Growth Rate Due to Self-Coagulation, Scavenging and Condensation Using SMPS Measurements during Particle Growth Event in New Delhi	AAQR	SMPS measurements; Particle growth rate calculations; Self-coagulation; Coagulation scavenging and Condensation growth.
98	Bergin et al.	2014	The Discoloration of the Taj Mahal due to Particulate Carbon and Dust Deposition	Environmental Science and Technology	Brown Carbon (BrC), Black Carbon (BC), Dust, Surface Discoloration, Biomass Burning, Trash/Refuse Burning
99	Kavuri et al.	2014	TSP aerosol source apportionment in the urban region of the Indian steel city, Rourkela	Particuology
100	Kuniyal et al.	2014	Water Soluble Ionic Components in Particulate Matter (PM10) during High Pollution Episode Days at Mohal and Kothi, in the North-Western Himalaya, India	AAQR	Particulate pollutants; Ionic species; Neutralization factor; Anthropogenic activities; Factor analysis.
101	Yadav	2014	Elemental Composition and Source Apportionment of Suspended Particulate Matters and Health Risk Assessment in Mining and Nonmining Areas of Odisha, India	J. Hazard. Toxic Radioact. Waste
102	Ram and Sarin	2015	Atmospheric carbonaceous aerosols from Indo-Gangetic Plain and Central Himalaya: Impact of anthropogenic sources	Journal of Environmental Management
103	Mishra et al.	2015	Morphology of Atmospheric Particles over Semi-Arid Region (Jaipur, Rajasthan) of India: Implications for Optical Properties	AAQR	dust, morphology, hematite, refractive index, SSA
104	Chelani	2015	Nearest Neighbour Based Forecast Model for PM10 Forecasting: Individual and Combination Forecasting	AAQR	Time series forecasting; Nearest neighbours; PM10 concentration; Combination; forecasting
105	Agnihotri et al.	2015	Stable Isotopic and Chemical Characteristics of Bulk Aerosols during Winter and Summer Season at a Station in Western Coast of India (Goa)	AAQR	Bulk aerosols, Stable isotopes, Coastal environment, Goa
106	Dubey et al.	2015	Chemical characteristics and mutagenic activity of PM2.5 at a site in the Indo-Gangetic plain, India	Atmospheric Environment
107	Kumar and Kumari	2015	Aerosols and trace gases characterization over Indo-Gangetic plain in semiarid region	Urban Climate	Particulate matter; Aerosol; Trace gas; Chemistry
108	Pant et al.	2015	Characterization of Ambient PM2.5 at a Pollution Hotspot in New Delhi, India and Inference of Sources	Atmospheric Environment	Molecular markers; traffic; India; mass closure; particulate matter
109	Sudheer and Rengarajan	2015	Time-resolved inorganic chemical composition of fine aerosol and associated precursor gases over an urban environment in western India: Gas-aerosol equilibrium characteristics	Atmospheric Environment	Aerosol composition; Thermodynamic equilibrium; Trace gases
110	Bisht et al.	2015	Carbonaceous aerosols and pollutants over Delhi urban environment: Temporal evolution, source apportionment and radiative forcing	Science of The Total Environment	PM2.5; Carbonaceous aerosols; Inorganic ions; Agricultural burning; Radiative impact; Delhi
111	Sampath et al.	2015	Spatio-Temporal Distribution of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Atmospheric Air of Tamil Nadu, India, and Human Health Risk Assessment	Environmental Forensics
112	Banerjee et al.	2015	Source Apportionment of Airborne Particulates through Receptor Modelling: Indian Scenario	Atmospheric Research	Aerosol; Indo-Gangetic Plain; Particulate; Receptor model; Source apportionment; Tracers
113	Rastogi et al.	2015	Diurnal Variability in Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation over the Indo-Gangetic Plain during Winter Using Online Measurement of Water-Soluble Organic Carbon	AAQR
114	Chow et al.	2015	Mass reconstruction methods for PM2.5: a review	Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health
115	Pant et al.	2015	The PM10 fraction of road dust in the UK and India: Characterization, source profiles and oxidative potential	Science of the Total Environment	Non-exhaust emissions; Source profile; Source apportionment; Road dust; Oxidative potential
116	Das et al.	2015	Trace element composition of PM2.5 and PM10 from Kolkata – a heavily polluted Indian metropolis	Atmospheric Pollution Research	Particulate matter, heavy metals, enrichment factor, factor analysis, excess cancer risk
117	Roy et al.	2015	Carbonaceous species and physicochemical characteristics of PM10 in coal mine fire area a case study	Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health	Mine fire, PM10, Jharia Coalfield, Physical-chemical characteristics, Carbonaceous species
118	Gargava and Rajagopalan	2015	Source apportionment studies in six Indian cities-drawing broad inferences for urban PM10 reductions	Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health	Urban PM10 reductionChemical speciationSource apportionmentIndia
119	Nirmalkar et al.	2015	Mass loading and episodic variation of molecular markers in PM2.5 aerosols over a rural area in eastern central India	Atmospheric Environment	PM2.5 aerosols; Dicarboxylic acids; Levoglucosan; Sugars; Biomass burning tracer; Source identification
120	Bikkina et al.	2015	Mass absorption efficiency of light absorbing organic aerosols from source region of paddy-residue burning emissions in the Indo-Gangetic Plain	Atmospheric Environment	Brown carbon; Biomass burning; WSOC; Carbonaceous aerosols; India; South Asia
121	Rastogi et al.	2015	Temporal variability of primary and secondary aerosols over northern India: Impact of biomass burning emissions	Atmospheric Environment	Carbonaceous aerosols; Paddy-residue burning; Wheat-residue burning; Tropical region; Water-soluble aerosols
122	Agarwal et al.	2015	Particulate Characterization of CNG Fuelled Public Transport Vehicles at Traffic Junctions	AAQR	Compressed natural gas; Particle number-size distribution; Particle mass-size distribution; Particulate bound PAHs; Regulated gaseous emissions
123	Rastogi et al.	2015	Diurnal Variability in Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation over the Indo-Gangetic Plain during Winter Using Online Measurement of Water-Soluble Organic Carbon	AAQR
124	Tiwari et al.	2015	Intra-urban variability of particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM10) and its relationship with optical properties of aerosols over Delhi, India	Atmospheric Research	Aerosols; particulate matter; meteorological parameters; anthropogenic activities; optical properties
125	Kavuri et al.	2015	TSP aerosol source apportionment in the urban region of the Indian steel city, Rourkela	Particuology	Aerosol; TSP; Enrichment factor analysis; Steel city; Chemical mass balance model
126	Tiwari et al.	2015	Aerosol chemical characterization and role of carbonaceous aerosol on radiative effect over Varanasi in central Indo-Gangetic Plain	Atmospheric Environment	PM10; Chemical composition; Carbonaceous aerosols; Ionic species; EC radiative effect; Varanasi
127	Sharma et al.	2015	Melting Himalayan glaciers contaminated by legacy atmospheric depositions are important sources of PCBs and high-molecular-weight PAHs for the Ganges floodplain during dry periods	Environmental Pollution	PCBs; PAHs; DDT; Glacier; India
128	Devi et al.	2015	Environmental carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in soil from Himalayas, India: Implications for spatial distribution, sources apportionment and risk assessment	Chemosphere
129	Ali et al.	2015	Carbonaceous aerosols over Pune and Hyderabad (India) and influence of meteorological factors	Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry	Organic carbon, Elemental carbon, Emission, Meteorological factors
130	Hooda et al.	2015	Atmospheric aerosols local–regional discrimination for a semi-urban area in India	Atmospheric Research	Source region; Volume size-distribution; Secondary organic carbon; Aerosol
131	Ambade	2015	Characterization of PM10 over urban and rural sites of Rajnandgaon, central India	Natural Hazards	Water-soluble species, Spatial and temporal variations, PM10, OC, EC
132	Nagpure et al.	2015	Characterizing the Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Open Burning of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) in Indian Cities	ES&T
133	Pant et al.	2015	Analysis of size-segregated winter season aerosol data from New Delhi, India	APR	Size distributions; India; Aerosols; Metals
134	Panda et al.	2015	Organic and elemental carbon variation in PM2.5 over megacity Delhi and Bhubaneswar, a semi-urban coastal site in India	Natural Hazards
135	Tiwari et al.	2015	Nature and Sources of Ionic Species in Precipitation across the Indo-Gangetic Plains, India	AAQR	Rainwater chemistry; Ion balance; Positive matrix factorization; Specific conductivity; Acid rain
136	Kumar and Attri	2015	Biomass Combustion a Dominant Source of Carbonaceous Aerosols in the Ambient Environment of Western Himalayas	AAQR	Biomass combustion; Carbonaceous aerosol; Elemental carbon; Organic carbon; Western Himalayas
137	Singh et al.	2015	Impact of anthropogenic emissions and open biomass burning on carbonaceous aerosols in urban and rural environments of Indo-Gangetic Plain	Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health
138	Roy et al	2016	Study of metals in radical-mediated toxicity of particulate matter in indoor environments of Pune, India	Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health
139	Verma et al	2014	The traffic linked urban ambient air superfine and ultrafine PM1 mass concentration, contents of pro–oxidant chemicals, and their seasonal drifts in Lucknow, India	Atmospheric Pollution Research
140	Payra et al	2016	Potential source identification for aerosol concentrations over a site in Northwestern India	Atmospheric Research
141	Habil et al.	2016	Personal and ambient PM2.5 exposure assessment in the city of Agra	Data in Brief
142	Izhar et al.	2016	Annual trends in occurrence of submicron particles in ambient air and health risk posed by particle bound metals	Chemosphere	Health risk; PM1; IIT Kanpur; Geo-accumulation index
143	Bindu et al.	2016	Pattern of aerosol mass loading and chemical composition over the atmospheric environment of an urban coastal station	Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics
144	Raman and Kumar	2016	First measurements of ambient aerosol over an ecologically sensitive zone in Central India: Relationships between PM2.5 mass, its optical properties, and meteorology	Science of the Total Environment	Ecologically sensitive zone; Central India; PM2.5 mass; PM2.5 dry scattering coefficient; Attenuation coefficients; Mass scattering efficiencies; Temporal variability
145	Sen et al.	2016	Lead isotopic fingerprinting of aerosols to characterize the sources of atmospheric lead in an industrial city of India	AE	Lead isotopes as tracer of Pb pollution source; Elevated concentrations of heavy metals in India; Lead pollution in India; Lead in Indian aerosols; Lead in environment
146	Sen et al	2016	Spatial variability in ambient atmospheric fine and coarse mode aerosols over Indo-Gangetic plains, India and adjoining oceans during the onset of summer monsoons, 2014	Atmospheric Pollution Research	PM2.5; PM10; Cluster analysis; PSCF; CWT
147	Sharma et al.	2016	Chemical characterization and source apportionment of aerosol at an urban area of Central Delhi, India	Atmospheric Pollution Research
148	Izhar et al.	2016	Annual trends in occurrence of submicron particles in ambient air and health risk posed by particle bound metals	Chemosphere
149	Singh and Gupta	2016	Source apportionment and risk assessment of PM1 bound trace metals collected during foggy and non-foggy episodes at a representative site in the Indo-Gangetic plain	STOTEN
150	Guleria and Kuniyal	2016	Characteristics of atmospheric aerosol particles and their role in aerosol radiative forcing over the northwestern Indian Himalaya in particular and over India in general	Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health
151	Kumar et al.	2016	Tracing dust transport from Middle-East over Delhi in March 2012 using metal and lead isotope composition	AE	Dust; Aerosols; Metal; Lead; Isotope; Tracers
152	Kumar and Yadav	2016	Seasonal Variations in Water Soluble Inorganic Ions, OC and EC in PM10 and PM>10 Aerosols over Delhi: Influence of Sources and Meteorological Factors	AAQR
153	Kumar et al.	2016	Variations in carbonaceous species at a high-altitude site in western India: Role of synoptic scale transport	AE	Carbonaceous aerosols; Elemental carbon; Organic carbon; Water –soluble organic carbon; Indo-Gangetic Plain; High-altitude site
154	Police et al.	2016	Chemical characterization of atmospheric particulate matter and their source apportionment at an emerging industrial coastal city, Visakhapatnam, India	Atmospheric Pollution Research	PM10; PMF; Source apportionment; Trace metals; Visakhapatnam
155	Sen et al.	2016	Lead isotopic fingerprinting of aerosols to characterize the sources of atmospheric lead in an industrial city of India	AE	Lead isotopes as tracer of Pb pollution source; Elevated concentrations of heavy metals in India; Lead pollution in India; Lead in Indian aerosols; Lead in environment
156	Sudheer et al.	2016	Carbonaceous aerosol over semi-arid region of western India: Heterogeneity in sources and characteristics	Atmospheric Research
157	Khaparde et al.	2016	Characterization of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in fugitive PM10 emissions from an integrated iron and steel plant	STOTEN	Carcinogenic potency; Coke oven; Indicatory PAH; Molecular diagnostic ratio; Particulate matter
158	Singh and Gupta	2016	Effect through inhalation on human health of PM1 bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons collected from foggy days in northern part of India	Journal of Hazardous Materials	PM1; PAH; ILCR; PCA; Fog
159	Suman et al.	2016	Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) concentration levels, pattern, source identification and soil toxicity assessment in urban traffic soil of Dhanbad, India	STOTEN
160	Hussain et al.	2016	Atmospheric Bulk Deposition of PAHs over Brahmaputra Valley: Characteristics and Influence of Meteorology	AAQR	PAHs; Atmospheric bulk deposition; Deposition mass flux; Meteorology
161	Singh et al	2016	Size-Segregated Characteristics of Carbonaceous Aerosols over the Northwestern Indo-Gangetic Plain: Year Round Temporal Behavior	AAQR	Organic carbon; Water-soluble organic carbon; Elemental carbon; Secondary organic aerosols; Biomass burning emissions
162	Fu et al.	2016	Molecular Markers of Secondary Organic Aerosol in Mumbai, India	ES&T
163	Shen et al.	2016	Elevated Concentrations of Lead in Particulate Matter on the Neighborhood-Scale in Delhi, India As Determined by Single Particle Analysis	ES&T
164	Varshney et al.	2016	Trace element concentration in fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and their bioavailability in different microenvironments in Agra, India: a case study	Environmental Geochemistry and Health
165	Goel et al.	2016	Investigation of levels in ambient air near sources of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in Kanpur, India, and risk assessment due to inhalation	Environmental Monitoring and Assessment	PCBs Homologue distribution Aroclor Phase distribution Cancer risk POP Dioxin
166	Satsangi et al.	2016	Study of chemical species associated with fine particles and their secondary particle formation at semi-arid region of India	APR	PM2.5; Ionic species; Marine contribution; CRS and CRN; Trajectory analysis	doi:10.1016/j.apr.2016.06.010
167	Verma et al.	2016	Low Molecular Weight Monocarboxylic Acids in PM2.5 and PM10: Quantification, Seasonal Variation and Source Apportionment	AAQR	Carboxylic acid; PM2.5; PM10; Primary sources; Secondary sources
168	Singh et al.	2016	Impact of anthropogenic emissions and open biomass burning on carbonaceous aerosols in urban and rural environments of Indo-Gangetic Plain	Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health		DOI: 10.1007/s11869-015-0377-9
169	Kalaiarasan et al.	2016	Receptor model based source apportionment of View the MathML source in the metropolitan and industrialized areas of Mangalore	Environmental Technology & Innovation	Emissions; Enrichment Factor; View the MathML source; Principal component analysis; Trace elements	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eti.2016.10.002
170	Vaishya et al.	2016	Aerosol black carbon quantification in the central Indo-Gangetic Plain: Seasonal heterogeneity and source apportionment	Atmospheric Research	Indo-Gangetic Plain; Black carbon; Biomass burning; Fossil fuel; Absorption Ångström exponent	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2016.10.001
171	Saxena et al	2017	Water soluble inorganic species of PM10 and PM2.5 at an urban site of Delhi, India: Seasonal variability and sources	Atmospheric Research	Particulate matter; Water soluble inorganic species; PCA; Cluster analysis; CWT analysis	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2016.10.005
172	Kang et al	2016	Size distributions of n-alkanes, fatty acids and fatty alcohols in springtime aerosols from New Delhi, India	Environmental Pollution	Size distribution; n-Alkanes; Fatty acids; Fatty alcohols; Organic aerosols	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2016.09.077
173	Verma et al	2016	Low Molecular Weight Monocarboxylic Acids in PM2.5 and PM10: Quantification, Seasonal Variation and Source Apportionment	AAQR	Carboxylic acid; PM2.5; PM10; Primary sources; Secondary sources	doi: 10.4209/aaqr.2016.05.0183
174	Sampath et al.	2016	Evaluating spatial distribution and seasonal variation of phthalates using passive air sampling in southern India	Environmental Pollution	Air pollution; Phthalates; Passive air sampling; GC-MS; Human exposure assessment; India	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2016.12.003
175	Bikkina et al.	2016	Dual carbon isotope characterization of total organic carbon in wintertime carbonaceous aerosols from northern India	JGR-Atmospheres		DOI: 10.1002/2016JD024880
176	Parthasarathy et al	2016	Comparison of Two Receptor Model Techniques for the Size Fractionated Particulate Matter Source Apportionment	AAQR	Coarse; Fine; Receptor model; FA-MLR; PMF	doi: 10.4209/aaqr.2015.06.0416
177	Devi and Sujatha	2016	A preliminary approach of the spatio-temporal distribution of cationic aerosol components in the ambient atmosphere of Kochi, India	APR	Aerosol; PM10; Water soluble cations; Acid soluble cations; Human health	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apr.2016.06.012
178	Bisht et al	2016	Chemical characterization of rainwater at a high-altitude site “Nainital” in the central Himalayas, India	Environmental Science and Pollution Research	Rainwater chemistry; High altitude; Ionic concentration; Neutralizing factor; PCA	DOI: 10.1007/s11356-016-8093-z
179	Singh et al	2017	Fine particulates over South Asia: Review and meta-analysis of PM2.5 source apportionment through receptor model	Environmental Pollution	Aerosol; Biomass burning; Indo-Gangetic plain; Receptor model; South Asia	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2016.12.071
180	Sen et al	2016	Lead isotopic fingerprinting of aerosols to characterize the sources of atmospheric lead in an industrial city of India	Atmospheric Environment	Lead isotopes as tracer of Pb pollution source; Elevated concentrations of heavy metals in India; Lead pollution in India; Lead in Indian aerosols; Lead in environment	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.01.005
181	Singh et al	2017	Organic aerosols over Indo-Gangetic Plain: Sources, distributions and climatic implications	Atmospheric Environment	Organic aerosol; Biomass; Climate change; CCN; PAHs; Indo-Gangetic plain; Trans-boundary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2017.03.008
182	Saxena et al	2017	Water soluble inorganic species of PM10 and PM2.5 at an urban site of Delhi, India: Seasonal variability and sources	Atmospheric Research	Particulate matter; Water soluble inorganic species; PCA; Cluster analysis; CWT analysis	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2016.10.005
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184	Kumar et al	2017	The influence of odd–even car trial on fine and coarse particles in Delhi	Environmental Pollution	Living labs; Odd–even car trial; PM10 and PM2.5; Pollution exposure; Traffic emissions	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2017.03.017
185	Murari et al	2017	Airborne particulate in Varanasi over middle Indo-Gangetic Plain: variation in particulate types and meteorological influences	Environmental Monitoring and Assessment	Particulate; Boundary layer; Humidity; Indo-Gangetic Plain; Visibility	10.1007/s10661-017-5859-9
186	Singh et al	2017	Organic aerosols over Indo-Gangetic Plain: Sources, distributions and climatic implications	AE	Organic aerosol, Biomass, Climate change, CCN, PAHs, Indo-Gangetic plain, Trans-boundary	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2017.03.008
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Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

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Atmospheric Environment

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Atmospheric Research

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Atmospheric Environment

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Chemosphere

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22

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Chemical mass balance source apportionment of PM10 and TSP in residential and industrial sites of an urban region of Kolkata, India

Journal of Hazardous Materials

CMB; Source Apportionment

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Spatio-temporal characteristics of gaseous and particulate pollutants in an urban region of Kolkata, India

Atmospheric Research

Ambient; Gaseous pollutants; Meteorology; Particulate matter; Principal component analysis; Seasonal variations

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Karar and Gupta

2007

Source apportionment of PM10 at residential and industrial sites of an urban region of Kolkata, India

Atmospheric Research

PM; PCA; receptor model

25

Haritash and Kaushik

2007

Assessment of seasonal enrichment of heavy metals in respirable suspended particulate matter of a sub-urban city

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Heavy metals; RSPM; Enrichment Factor

26

Chowdhury et al.

2007

Speciation of fine organic carbon particles and source apportionment of PM2.5 in Indian cities

Journal of Geophysical Research- Atmospheres

CMB; Organic Speciation; PM2.5

27

Srivastava and Jain

2007

Seasonal trends in coarse and fine particle sources in Delhi by the chemical mass balance receptor model

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Coarse and fine particles; CMB

28

Srivastava and Jain

2007

Size distribution and source identification of total suspended particulate matter and associated heavy metals in the urban atmosphere of Delhi

Chemosphere

Size distribution; PM

29

Chelani et al.

2008

Source apportionment of PM10 in Mumbai, India suing CMB model

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

PM; CMB; Source Apportionment

30

Srivastava et al.

2008

Source apportionment of total suspended particulate matter in coarse and fine ranges over Delhi

AAQR

Source apportionment; CMB; PCA

31

Srivastava and Jain

2008

Source apportionment of suspended particulate in a clean area of Delhi: A note

Transportation Research Part D

Source apportionment; CMB; Metals; Aerosols

32

Vijayanand et al.

2008

Assessment of heavy metal contents in the ambient air of Coimbatore city, Tamil Nadu, India

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Heavy metal; SPM

33

Bhanarkar et al.

2008

Composition and size distribution of particules emissions from a coal-fired power plant in India

Fuel

Coal combustion; Particle Size Distribution; Chemical Composition

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Bhanuprasad et al.

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Atmospheric Environment

PMF; Aerosol; INDONEX; PSCF

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2008

Source apportionment of coarse and fine particulate matter at Navi Mumbai, India

AAQR

FA-MLR; Receptor modelling

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Khillare et al.

2008

Temporal variability of benzene concentration in the ambient air of Delhi: A comparative assessment of pre- and post-CNG periods

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Benzene; Delhi; Seasonal variation; Spatial variation; Vehicular exhaust

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Khillare et al.

2008

Impact of CNG implementation on PAHs concentration in the ambient air of Delhi: A comparative assessment of pre- and post-CNG scenario

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

CNG . Delhi . PAH . PM10

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Singh et al.

2008

Receptor modeling for source apportioment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in urban atmosphere

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Source apportionment; PCA/PCS; Particulates; Vegetation/foliage; multiple linear regression; receptor modelling

39

Srivastava et al.

2009

Winter-time size distribution and source apportionment of total suspended particulate matter and associated metals in Delhi

Atmospheric Research

Size distribution; PM; CMB

40

Srivastava et al.

2009

SEM-EDX analysis of various size aerosols in Delhi India

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

SEM; Aerosol; Metals

41

Agarwal

2009

Concentration level, pattern and toxic potential of PAHs in traffic soil of Delhi

Journal of Hazardous Materials

PAH; PCA; Traffic soil; Toxic equivalency factor

42

Kulshrestha et al.

2009

Metal concentration of PM2.5 and PM10 particles and seasonal variations in urban and rural environment of Agra

Science of The Total Environment

Metal concentration; source apportionment; air quality

43

Rastogi and Sarin

2009

Quantitative chemical composition and characteristics of aerosols over western India: One-year record of temporal variability

Atmospheric Environment

OC; mineral dust; Iron; Carbonaceous aerosol; EC

44

Tiwari et al.

2009

Black carbon and chemical characteristics of PM10 and PM2.5 at an urban site of North India

Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry

PM; BC; NAAQS

45

Aatmeeyata and Sharma

2010

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, elemental and organic carbon emissions
from tire-wear

Science of the Total Environment

OC, EC, tire wear, PAH, emission factors

46

Chelani et al.

2010

Particle size distribution in ambient air of Delhi and its statistical analysis

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Elemental composition; size fraction distribution

47

Chakrobarty and Gupta

2010

Chemical Characterization of Submicron Aerosol in Kanpur Region: a Source Apportionment Study

AAQR

Source Apportionment; UNMIX; PCA; PM1

48

Fu et al.

2010

Molecular characterization of urban organic aerosol in tropical India: contributions of primary emissions and secondary
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Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

49

Kar et al.

2010

Metallic components of trafﬁc-induced urban aerosol, their spatial variation, and source apportionment

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Particles; factor analysis; enrichment

50

Khare and Baruah

2010

Elemental characterization and source identification of PM2.5 using multivariate analysis at the suburban site of North-East India

Atmospheric Research

Enrichment factor; Source Apportionment; PM2.5

51

Kumar and Deshmukh

2010

Elemental and organic carbon in ambient air of a major Indian urban community

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

EC; OC; PM10; PM2.5

52

Sarkar et al.

2010

Chemical speciation of respirable suspended particulate matter during a major firework festival in India

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Fireworks; Metals; PAHs; aerosols

53

Masih et al.

2010

Concentrations, sources, and exposure proﬁles of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in particulate matter (PM10) in the north central part of India

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

PAH; Factor analysis; Toxic equivalency factor; PM10

54

Mohanraj et al.

2010

Fine particulate phase PAHs in the ambient atmosphere of Chennai metropolitan city, India

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

PM2.5; PAH; urban area; vehicular emissions

55

Ram and Sarin

2010

Spatio-temporal variability in atmospheric abundances of EC, OC and WSOC over Northern India

Journal of Aerosol Science

Aerosol; OC; EC: WSOC

56

Shridhar et al.

2010

Metallic species in ambient particulate matter at rural and urban location of Delhi

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Enrichment factor; PCA-MLR; SPM

57

Gummeneni et al.

2011

Source apportionment of particulate matter in the ambient air of Hyderabad city, India

Atmospheric Research

SA; PM2.5; CMB; metals

58

Mathur et al.

2011

Anthropogenic platinum, palladium and rhodium concentrations in road dusts from Hyderabad city, India

Environmental Earth Sciences

Road dust; catalytic converter; NiS-FA-ICP-MS

59

Meena et al.

2011

Discrimination between anthropogenic (pollution) and lithogenic magnetic fraction in urban soils (Delhi, India) using environmental magnetism

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Urban soil pollution; Environmental magnetism

60

Srimuruganandam and Shiva Nagendra

2011

Characteristics of particulate matter and heterogeneous traffic in the urban area of India

Atmospheric Environment

PM; coarse and fine particles

61

Srimuruganandam and Shiva Nagendra

2011

Chemical characterization of PM10 and PM2.5 mass concentrations emitted by heterogeneous traffic

Science of the Total Environment

Ionic species; marine aerosol; metallic elements; trace elements

62

Srimuruganandam and Shiva Nagendra

2011

Application of positive matrix factorization in characterization of PM10 and PM2.5 emission sources at urban roadside

Chemosphere

Motor vehicles; PM; PMF; marine aerosol; secondary aerosol

63

Agarwal et al.

2011

Study of aerosol behavious on the basis of morphological characteristics during festival events in India

Atmospheric Environment

SEM-EDX; BC; Indian festivals

64

Pant and Harrison

2012

Critical review of receptor modelling for particulate matter: A case study of India

Atmospheric Environment

SA; CMB; Receptor Model; Multivariate Models

65

Khillare and Sarkar

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Atmospheric Pollution Research

PCA-MLR; metals; source apportionment

66

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2012

Atmospheric pollution in a semi-urban, coastal region in India following festival seasons

Atmospheric Environment

Air quality; Ozone; NOx; PM10; Fireworks; Kerala

67

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Atmospheric Research

OC; EC; Diural variation; SEM/EDX; PM2.5

68

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2013

SEM-EDX Characterization of Individual Coarse Particles in Agra, India

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

SEM-EDX; Single particle analysis; soil-related aerosol

69

Singh et al.

2013

Mass-size distribution of PM10 and its characterization of ionic species in fine (PM2.5) and coarse (PM10−2.5) mode, New Delhi, India

Natural Hazards

PM; size distribution

70

Yadav and Satsangi

2013

Characterization of particulate matter and its related metal toxicity in an urban location in South West India

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

toxicity; bioavailable

71

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2013

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PM10; Lipids; PAH; GC-MS; Raipur

74

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PM10; Source contribution; PMF; UNMIX

75

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Chemical compositions; Organic aerosols; PAHs, Carcinogenicity; Aerosol aging

76

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2014

PM2.5 Chemical Source Profiles of Emissions Resulting from Industrial and Domestic Burning Activities in India

AAQR

77

Sharma et al.

2014

Variation of OC, EC, WSIC and trace metals of PM10 in Delhi, India

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78

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2014

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Encrichment factor; PCA; Road Dust

79

Rajput and Sarin

2014

Polar and non-polar organic aerosols from large-scale agricultural-waste burning emissions in Northern India: Implications to organic mass-to-organic carbon ratio

Chemosphere

Polar organic aerosol; Non-polar organic aerosol; Organic mass-to-organic carbon ratio

80

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2014

Source apportionment of PM2.5 using a CMB model for a centrally located Indian city

AAQR

Metals; Anions-Cations; OC-EC; Source apportionment; CMB

81

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2014

Study on particulate polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons over Bay of Bengal in winter season

Atmospheric Research

Marine aerosol; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon; Spatial distribution; Toxicity; PCA

82

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2014

Black Carbon and Elemental Carbon from Postharvest Agricultural-Waste Burning Emissions in the Indo-Gangetic Plain

Advances in Meteorology

83

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2014

Variability in atmospheric particulates and meteorological effects on their mass concentrations over Delhi, India

Atmospheric Research

PM, Diurnal pattern, Seasonal Pattern

84

Yadav et al.

2014

The linkages of anthropogenic emissions and meteorology in the rapid increase of particulate matter at a foothill city in the Arawali range of India

Atmospheric Environment

PM, PM10, coarse pollution, meteorology

85

Sudheer et al. (AIP)

Diurnal and Seasonal Characteristics of Aerosol Ionic Constituents over an Urban Location in Western India: Secondary Aerosol Formation and Meteorological Influence

AAQR

86

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2014

Chemical properties of emission from biomass fuels used in the rural sector of the western region of India

Atmospheric Environment

Biomass burning; Emission Factor; PM; Trace gases; OC; EC; Water soluble Ionic Species

87

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2014

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Environmental Pollution

MePAHs; AhR; CALUX; Street dust; Vietnam; India

88

Kumar et al.

2014

Snapshot of PM Loads Evaluated at Major Road and Railway Intersections in an Urban Locality

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89

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2014

Bulk Level to Individual Particle Level Chemical Composition of Atmospheric Dust Aerosols (PM5) over a Semi-Arid Urban Zone of Western India (Rajasthan)

AAQR

PM5; Mineral dust aerosols; Rajasthan; Chemical composition; Refractive index

90

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2014

Water Soluble Ionic Components in Particulate Matter (PM10) during High Pollution Episode Days at Mohal and Kothi, in the North-Western Himalaya, India

AAQR

Particulate pollutants; Ionic species; Neutralization factor; Anthropogenic activities; Factor analysis

91

Pavuluri et al.

2014

Time-resolved distributions of bulk parameters, diacids, ketoacids and α-dicarbonyls and stable carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios of TC and TN in tropical Indian aerosols: Influence of land/sea breeze and secondary processes

Atmospheric Research

Bulk parameters; Diacids; Stable isotope ratios; Time-resolved distributions; Tropical coastal Indian aerosols

92

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Source apportionment of PM10 by using positive matrix factorization at an urban site of Delhi, India

Urban Climate

PM10, Organic carbon, Elemental carbon, Positive matrix factorization, Enrichment factor analysis

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Risk assessment of inhalation exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in school children

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)School childrenInhalation exposureIncremental cancer risk assessment (ILCR)Delhi

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2014

Particulate phase polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the ambient atmosphere of a protected and ecologically sensitive area in a tropical megacity

Urban Forestry & Urban Greening

Delhi; Health risk assessment; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs); Protected areas; Source apportionment

95

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2012

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Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts Formerly the Journal of Environmental Monitoring

PAH, AGRA, GC-MS

96

Pipal and Satsangi

2014

Study of carbonaceous species, morphology and sources of fine (PM2.5) and coarse (PM10) particles along with their climatic nature in India

Atmospheric Research

Carbonaceous species; morphology; SOC and POC; ECR; Sources; Climatic nature

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2014

A Simplified Approach to Calculate Particle Growth Rate Due to Self-Coagulation, Scavenging and Condensation Using SMPS Measurements during Particle Growth Event in New Delhi

AAQR

SMPS measurements; Particle growth rate calculations; Self-coagulation; Coagulation scavenging and Condensation growth.

98

Bergin et al.

2014

The Discoloration of the Taj Mahal due to Particulate Carbon and Dust Deposition

Environmental Science and Technology

Brown Carbon (BrC), Black Carbon (BC), Dust, Surface Discoloration, Biomass Burning, Trash/Refuse Burning

99

Kavuri et al.

2014

TSP aerosol source apportionment in the urban region of the Indian steel city, Rourkela

Particuology

100

Kuniyal et al.

2014

Water Soluble Ionic Components in Particulate Matter (PM10) during High Pollution Episode Days at Mohal and Kothi, in the North-Western Himalaya, India

AAQR

Particulate pollutants; Ionic species; Neutralization factor; Anthropogenic activities; Factor analysis.

101

Yadav

2014

Elemental Composition and Source Apportionment of Suspended Particulate Matters and Health Risk Assessment in Mining and Nonmining Areas of Odisha, India

J. Hazard. Toxic Radioact. Waste

102

Ram and Sarin

2015

Atmospheric carbonaceous aerosols from Indo-Gangetic Plain and Central Himalaya: Impact of anthropogenic sources

Journal of Environmental Management

103

Mishra et al.

2015

Morphology of Atmospheric Particles over Semi-Arid Region (Jaipur, Rajasthan) of India: Implications for Optical Properties

AAQR

dust, morphology, hematite, refractive index, SSA

104

Chelani

2015

Nearest Neighbour Based Forecast Model for PM10 Forecasting: Individual and Combination Forecasting

AAQR

Time series forecasting; Nearest neighbours; PM10 concentration; Combination; forecasting

105

Agnihotri et al.

2015

Stable Isotopic and Chemical Characteristics of Bulk Aerosols during Winter and Summer Season at a Station in Western Coast of India (Goa)

AAQR

Bulk aerosols, Stable isotopes, Coastal environment, Goa

106

Dubey et al.

2015

Chemical characteristics and mutagenic activity of PM2.5 at a site in the Indo-Gangetic plain, India

Atmospheric Environment

107

Kumar and Kumari

2015

Aerosols and trace gases characterization over Indo-Gangetic plain in semiarid region

Urban Climate

Particulate matter; Aerosol; Trace gas; Chemistry

108

Pant et al.

2015

Characterization of Ambient PM2.5 at a Pollution Hotspot in New Delhi, India and Inference of Sources

Atmospheric Environment

Molecular markers; traffic; India; mass closure; particulate matter

109

Sudheer and Rengarajan

2015

Time-resolved inorganic chemical composition of fine aerosol and associated precursor gases over an urban environment in western India: Gas-aerosol equilibrium characteristics

Atmospheric Environment

Aerosol composition; Thermodynamic equilibrium; Trace gases

110

Bisht et al.

2015

Carbonaceous aerosols and pollutants over Delhi urban environment: Temporal evolution, source apportionment and radiative forcing

Science of The Total Environment

PM2.5; Carbonaceous aerosols; Inorganic ions; Agricultural burning; Radiative impact; Delhi

111

Sampath et al.

2015

Spatio-Temporal Distribution of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Atmospheric Air of Tamil Nadu, India, and Human Health Risk Assessment

Environmental Forensics

112

Banerjee et al.

2015

Source Apportionment of Airborne Particulates through Receptor Modelling: Indian Scenario

Atmospheric Research

Aerosol; Indo-Gangetic Plain; Particulate; Receptor model; Source apportionment; Tracers

113

Rastogi et al.

2015

Diurnal Variability in Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation over the Indo-Gangetic Plain during Winter Using Online Measurement of Water-Soluble Organic Carbon

AAQR

114

Chow et al.

2015

Mass reconstruction methods for PM2.5: a review

Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health

115

Pant et al.

2015

The PM10 fraction of road dust in the UK and India: Characterization, source profiles and oxidative potential

Science of the Total Environment

Non-exhaust emissions; Source profile; Source apportionment; Road dust; Oxidative potential

116

Das et al.

2015

Trace element composition of PM2.5 and PM10 from Kolkata – a heavily polluted Indian metropolis

Atmospheric Pollution Research

Particulate matter, heavy metals, enrichment factor, factor analysis, excess cancer risk

117

Roy et al.

2015

Carbonaceous species and physicochemical characteristics of PM10 in coal mine fire area a case study

Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health

Mine fire, PM10, Jharia Coalfield, Physical-chemical characteristics, Carbonaceous species

118

Gargava and Rajagopalan

2015

Source apportionment studies in six Indian cities-drawing broad inferences for urban PM10 reductions

Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health

Urban PM10 reductionChemical speciationSource apportionmentIndia

119

Nirmalkar et al.

2015

Mass loading and episodic variation of molecular markers in PM2.5 aerosols over a rural area in eastern central India

Atmospheric Environment

PM2.5 aerosols; Dicarboxylic acids; Levoglucosan; Sugars; Biomass burning tracer; Source identification

120

Bikkina et al.

2015

Mass absorption efficiency of light absorbing organic aerosols from source region of paddy-residue burning emissions in the Indo-Gangetic Plain

Atmospheric Environment

Brown carbon; Biomass burning; WSOC; Carbonaceous aerosols; India; South Asia

121

Rastogi et al.

2015

Temporal variability of primary and secondary aerosols over northern India: Impact of biomass burning emissions

Atmospheric Environment

Carbonaceous aerosols; Paddy-residue burning; Wheat-residue burning; Tropical region; Water-soluble aerosols

122

Agarwal et al.

2015

Particulate Characterization of CNG Fuelled Public Transport Vehicles at Traffic Junctions

AAQR

Compressed natural gas; Particle number-size distribution; Particle mass-size distribution; Particulate bound PAHs; Regulated gaseous emissions

123

Rastogi et al.

2015

Diurnal Variability in Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation over the Indo-Gangetic Plain during Winter Using Online Measurement of Water-Soluble Organic Carbon

AAQR

124

Tiwari et al.

2015

Intra-urban variability of particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM10) and its relationship with optical properties of aerosols over Delhi, India

Atmospheric Research

Aerosols; particulate matter; meteorological parameters; anthropogenic activities; optical properties

125

Kavuri et al.

2015

TSP aerosol source apportionment in the urban region of the Indian steel city, Rourkela

Particuology

Aerosol; TSP; Enrichment factor analysis; Steel city; Chemical mass balance model

126

Tiwari et al.

2015

Aerosol chemical characterization and role of carbonaceous aerosol on radiative effect over Varanasi in central Indo-Gangetic Plain

Atmospheric Environment

PM10; Chemical composition; Carbonaceous aerosols; Ionic species; EC radiative effect; Varanasi

127

Sharma et al.

2015

Melting Himalayan glaciers contaminated by legacy atmospheric depositions are important sources of PCBs and high-molecular-weight PAHs for the Ganges floodplain during dry periods

Environmental Pollution

PCBs; PAHs; DDT; Glacier; India

128

Devi et al.

2015

Environmental carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in soil from Himalayas, India: Implications for spatial distribution, sources apportionment and risk assessment

Chemosphere

129

Ali et al.

2015

Carbonaceous aerosols over Pune and Hyderabad (India) and influence of meteorological factors

Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry

Organic carbon, Elemental carbon, Emission, Meteorological factors

130

Hooda et al.

2015

Atmospheric aerosols local–regional discrimination for a semi-urban area in India

Atmospheric Research

Source region; Volume size-distribution; Secondary organic carbon; Aerosol

131

Ambade

2015

Characterization of PM10 over urban and rural sites of Rajnandgaon, central India

Natural Hazards

Water-soluble species, Spatial and temporal variations, PM10, OC, EC

132

Nagpure et al.

2015

Characterizing the Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Open Burning of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) in Indian Cities

ES&T

133

Pant et al.

2015

Analysis of size-segregated winter season aerosol data from New Delhi, India

APR

Size distributions; India; Aerosols; Metals

134

Panda et al.

2015

Organic and elemental carbon variation in PM2.5 over megacity Delhi and Bhubaneswar, a semi-urban coastal site in India

Natural Hazards

135

Tiwari et al.

2015

Nature and Sources of Ionic Species in Precipitation across the Indo-Gangetic Plains, India

AAQR

Rainwater chemistry; Ion balance; Positive matrix factorization; Specific conductivity; Acid rain

136

Kumar and Attri

2015

Biomass Combustion a Dominant Source of Carbonaceous Aerosols in the Ambient Environment of Western Himalayas

AAQR

Biomass combustion; Carbonaceous aerosol; Elemental carbon; Organic carbon; Western Himalayas

137

Singh et al.

2015

Impact of anthropogenic emissions and open biomass burning on carbonaceous aerosols in urban and rural environments of Indo-Gangetic Plain

Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health

138

Roy et al

2016

Study of metals in radical-mediated toxicity of particulate matter in indoor environments of Pune, India

Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health

139

Verma et al

2014

The traffic linked urban ambient air superfine and ultrafine PM1 mass concentration, contents of pro–oxidant chemicals, and their seasonal drifts in Lucknow, India

Atmospheric Pollution Research

140

Payra et al

2016

Potential source identification for aerosol concentrations over a site in Northwestern India

Atmospheric Research

141

Habil et al.

2016

Personal and ambient PM2.5 exposure assessment in the city of Agra

Data in Brief

142

Izhar et al.

2016

Annual trends in occurrence of submicron particles in ambient air and health risk posed by particle bound metals

Chemosphere

Health risk; PM1; IIT Kanpur; Geo-accumulation index

143

Bindu et al.

2016

Pattern of aerosol mass loading and chemical composition over the atmospheric environment of an urban coastal station

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

144

Raman and Kumar

2016

First measurements of ambient aerosol over an ecologically sensitive zone in Central India: Relationships between PM2.5 mass, its optical properties, and meteorology

Science of the Total Environment

Ecologically sensitive zone; Central India; PM2.5 mass; PM2.5 dry scattering coefficient; Attenuation coefficients; Mass scattering efficiencies; Temporal variability

145

Sen et al.

2016

Lead isotopic fingerprinting of aerosols to characterize the sources of atmospheric lead in an industrial city of India

AE

Lead isotopes as tracer of Pb pollution source; Elevated concentrations of heavy metals in India; Lead pollution in India; Lead in Indian aerosols; Lead in environment

146

Sen et al

2016

Spatial variability in ambient atmospheric fine and coarse mode aerosols over Indo-Gangetic plains, India and adjoining oceans during the onset of summer monsoons, 2014

Atmospheric Pollution Research

PM2.5; PM10; Cluster analysis; PSCF; CWT

147

Sharma et al.

2016

Chemical characterization and source apportionment of aerosol at an urban area of Central Delhi, India

Atmospheric Pollution Research

148

Izhar et al.

2016

Annual trends in occurrence of submicron particles in ambient air and health risk posed by particle bound metals

Chemosphere

149

Singh and Gupta

2016

Source apportionment and risk assessment of PM1 bound trace metals collected during foggy and non-foggy episodes at a representative site in the Indo-Gangetic plain

STOTEN

150

Guleria and Kuniyal

2016

Characteristics of atmospheric aerosol particles and their role in aerosol radiative forcing over the northwestern Indian Himalaya in particular and over India in general

Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health

151

Kumar et al.

2016

Tracing dust transport from Middle-East over Delhi in March 2012 using metal and lead isotope composition

AE

Dust;
Aerosols;
Metal;
Lead;
Isotope;
Tracers

152

Kumar and Yadav

2016

Seasonal Variations in Water Soluble Inorganic Ions, OC and EC in PM10 and PM>10 Aerosols over Delhi: Influence of Sources and Meteorological Factors

AAQR

153

Kumar et al.

2016

Variations in carbonaceous species at a high-altitude site in western India: Role of synoptic scale transport

AE

Carbonaceous aerosols; Elemental carbon; Organic carbon; Water –soluble organic carbon; Indo-Gangetic Plain; High-altitude site

154

Police et al.

2016

Chemical characterization of atmospheric particulate matter and their source apportionment at an emerging industrial coastal city, Visakhapatnam, India

Atmospheric Pollution Research

PM10; PMF; Source apportionment; Trace metals; Visakhapatnam

155

Sen et al.

2016

Lead isotopic fingerprinting of aerosols to characterize the sources of atmospheric lead in an industrial city of India

AE

Lead isotopes as tracer of Pb pollution source; Elevated concentrations of heavy metals in India; Lead pollution in India; Lead in Indian aerosols; Lead in environment

156

Sudheer et al.

2016

Carbonaceous aerosol over semi-arid region of western India: Heterogeneity in sources and characteristics

Atmospheric Research

157

Khaparde et al.

2016

Characterization of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in fugitive PM10 emissions from an integrated iron and steel plant

STOTEN

Carcinogenic potency; Coke oven; Indicatory PAH; Molecular diagnostic ratio; Particulate matter

158

Singh and Gupta

2016

Effect through inhalation on human health of PM1 bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons collected from foggy days in northern part of India

Journal of Hazardous Materials

PM1; PAH; ILCR; PCA; Fog

159

Suman et al.

2016

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) concentration levels, pattern, source identification and soil toxicity assessment in urban traffic soil of Dhanbad, India

STOTEN

160

Hussain et al.

2016

Atmospheric Bulk Deposition of PAHs over Brahmaputra Valley: Characteristics and Influence of Meteorology

AAQR

PAHs; Atmospheric bulk deposition; Deposition mass flux; Meteorology

161

Singh et al

2016

Size-Segregated Characteristics of Carbonaceous Aerosols over the Northwestern Indo-Gangetic Plain: Year Round Temporal Behavior

AAQR

Organic carbon; Water-soluble organic carbon; Elemental carbon; Secondary organic aerosols; Biomass burning emissions

162

Fu et al.

2016

Molecular Markers of Secondary Organic Aerosol in Mumbai, India

ES&T

163

Shen et al.

2016

Elevated Concentrations of Lead in Particulate Matter on the Neighborhood-Scale in Delhi, India As Determined by Single Particle Analysis

ES&T

164

Varshney et al.

2016

Trace element concentration in fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and their bioavailability in different microenvironments in Agra, India: a case study

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

165

Goel et al.

2016

Investigation of levels in ambient air near sources of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in Kanpur, India, and risk assessment due to inhalation

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

PCBs Homologue distribution Aroclor Phase distribution Cancer risk POP Dioxin

166

Satsangi et al.

2016

Study of chemical species associated with fine particles and their secondary particle formation at semi-arid region of India

APR

PM2.5; Ionic species; Marine contribution; CRS and CRN; Trajectory analysis

doi:10.1016/j.apr.2016.06.010

167

Verma et al.

2016

Low Molecular Weight Monocarboxylic Acids in PM2.5 and PM10: Quantification, Seasonal Variation and Source Apportionment

AAQR

Carboxylic acid; PM2.5; PM10; Primary sources; Secondary sources

168

Singh et al.

2016

Impact of anthropogenic emissions and open biomass burning on carbonaceous aerosols in urban and rural environments of Indo-Gangetic Plain

Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health

DOI: 10.1007/s11869-015-0377-9

169

Kalaiarasan et al.

2016

Receptor model based source apportionment of View the MathML source in the metropolitan and industrialized areas of Mangalore

Environmental Technology & Innovation

Emissions; Enrichment Factor; View the MathML source; Principal component analysis; Trace elements

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eti.2016.10.002

170

Vaishya et al.

2016

Aerosol black carbon quantification in the central Indo-Gangetic Plain: Seasonal heterogeneity and source apportionment

Atmospheric Research

Indo-Gangetic Plain; Black carbon; Biomass burning; Fossil fuel; Absorption Ångström exponent

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2016.10.001

171

Saxena et al

2017

Water soluble inorganic species of PM10 and PM2.5 at an urban site of Delhi, India: Seasonal variability and sources

Atmospheric Research

Particulate matter; Water soluble inorganic species; PCA; Cluster analysis; CWT analysis

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2016.10.005

172

Kang et al

2016

Size distributions of n-alkanes, fatty acids and fatty alcohols in springtime aerosols from New Delhi, India

Environmental Pollution

Size distribution; n-Alkanes; Fatty acids; Fatty alcohols; Organic aerosols

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2016.09.077

173

Verma et al

2016

Low Molecular Weight Monocarboxylic Acids in PM2.5 and PM10: Quantification, Seasonal Variation and Source Apportionment

AAQR

Carboxylic acid; PM2.5; PM10; Primary sources; Secondary sources

doi: 10.4209/aaqr.2016.05.0183

174

Sampath et al.

2016

Evaluating spatial distribution and seasonal variation of phthalates using passive air sampling in southern India

Environmental Pollution

Air pollution; Phthalates; Passive air sampling; GC-MS; Human exposure assessment; India

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2016.12.003

175

Bikkina et al.

2016

Dual carbon isotope characterization of total organic carbon in wintertime carbonaceous aerosols from northern India

JGR-Atmospheres

DOI: 10.1002/2016JD024880

176

Parthasarathy et al

2016

Comparison of Two Receptor Model Techniques for the Size Fractionated Particulate Matter Source Apportionment

AAQR

Coarse; Fine; Receptor model; FA-MLR; PMF

doi: 10.4209/aaqr.2015.06.0416

177

Devi and Sujatha

2016

A preliminary approach of the spatio-temporal distribution of cationic aerosol components in the ambient atmosphere of Kochi, India

APR

Aerosol; PM10; Water soluble cations; Acid soluble cations; Human health

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apr.2016.06.012

178

Bisht et al

2016

Chemical characterization of rainwater at a high-altitude site “Nainital” in the central Himalayas, India

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Rainwater chemistry; High altitude; Ionic concentration; Neutralizing factor; PCA

DOI: 10.1007/s11356-016-8093-z

179

Singh et al

2017

Fine particulates over South Asia: Review and meta-analysis of PM2.5 source apportionment through receptor model

Environmental Pollution

Aerosol; Biomass burning; Indo-Gangetic plain; Receptor model; South Asia

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2016.12.071

180

Sen et al

2016

Lead isotopic fingerprinting of aerosols to characterize the sources of atmospheric lead in an industrial city of India

Atmospheric Environment

Lead isotopes as tracer of Pb pollution source; Elevated concentrations of heavy metals in India; Lead pollution in India; Lead in Indian aerosols; Lead in environment

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.01.005

181

Singh et al

2017

Organic aerosols over Indo-Gangetic Plain: Sources, distributions and climatic implications

Atmospheric Environment

Organic aerosol; Biomass; Climate change; CCN; PAHs; Indo-Gangetic plain; Trans-boundary

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2017.03.008

182

Saxena et al

2017

Water soluble inorganic species of PM10 and PM2.5 at an urban site of Delhi, India: Seasonal variability and sources