Urban and rural aerosol characterization of summer smog events during the PIPAPO field campaign in Milan, Italy

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 22, 2002, Pages

  Baltensperger, U ^a   Streit, N ^a   Weingartner, E ^a   Nyeki, S ^a   Prevot A S H ^a   Van Dingenen, R ^b   Virkkula, A ^b   Putaud, J P ^b   Even, A ^c   Ten Brink, H ^c   Blatter, A ^d,f   Neftel, A ^d,f   Gaggeler H W ^a,e  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

^d Institut fur Umweltschutz und Landwirtschaft   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^f Swiss Federal Dairy Research Station   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aerosol; EUROTRAC; Hygroscopicity; LOOP; Primary aerosol; Volatility

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CARBON BLACK; CLIMATOLOGY; MEASUREMENT THEORY; SMOKE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

DIURNAL VARIATION; HYGROSCOPICITY; METROPOLITAN AREA; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; RURAL-URBAN COMPARISON; SMOG; SULFURIC ACID; VOLATILIZATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LOMBARDY; MILAN; MILANO [LOMBARDY]; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 0003309156     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD001292     Document Type: Article

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