Carbonaceous aerosol in urban and rural European atmospheres: Estimation of secondary organic carbon concentrations

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 33, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 2771-2781

  Castro, L M ^a   Pio, C A ^a   Harrison, Roy M ^b   Smith, D J T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Black carbon; Gas to particle conversion; Organic carbon; Secondary aerosol

Indexed keywords

GAS TO PARTICLE CONVERSION; ORGANIC CARBON; SECONDARY AEROSOL;

CARBON; CARBON BLACK; CLIMATE CHANGE; SAMPLING; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

ORGANIC COMPOUND; VOLATILE AGENT;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; CARBON; ESTIMATION METHOD; SEASONALITY; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AEROSOL; AIR MONITORING; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CALCULATION; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEASHORE; SEASONAL VARIATION; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

PORTUGAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033180902     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(98)00331-8     Document Type: Article

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