Seasonal variations of volatile organic compounds in Edmonton, Alberta

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 239-246

  Cheng, L ^a   Fu, L ^a   Angle, R P ^a   Sandhu, H S ^a  

^a ALBERTA ENVIRONMENT AND PARKS   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air quality; Ozone precursors; Seasonal variation; Urban air pollution; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON; OZONE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER RISK; HEALTH HAZARD; INDUSTRIAL AREA; METEOROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; URBAN AREA; WINTER;

AIR QUALITY; ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACT; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; HYDROCARBON; SEASONAL VARIATION; VOC;

CANADA, ALBERTA, EDMONTON;

AIR QUALITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; METEOROLOGY; OZONE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

INCREMENTAL OZONE FORMATION; OZONE GENERATION POTENTIAL;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION;

EID: 0030617359     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1352-2310(96)00170-7     Document Type: Article

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