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HERO ID
2077948
Reference Type
Technical Report
Title
Environmental problems of Karachi (Pakistan): Part III. Estimation of dustfall
Author(s)
Beg M, AA; Mahmood, SN; Yousufzai A, HK
Year
1991
Report Number
BIOSIS/92/35779
Volume
34
Issue
2-3
Page Numbers
2-3
Language
eng
Abstract
BIOSIS COPYRIGHT: BIOL ABS. Micro-climatics and dustfall data and their correlation at two locations of Karachi city (PAKISTAN) that the dustfall has contributions from construction activity, particulate emission from automobile exhausts comprising soot and hydrocarbons, besides the chimneys from two cement factories in the city. On an average the dustfall in Karachi ranges from 4.5 to 5.5 gm/(m2month).
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