The quantitative morphology of roadside and background urban aerosol in Plymouth, UK

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 34, Issue 19, 2000, Pages 3139-3148

  Dye, A L ^a   Rhead, M M ^a   Trier, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbonaceous particles; Fractal dimension; Individual particle analysis; Particle shape; Transmission electron microscopy (TEM); Urban aerosol

Indexed keywords

CARBON; HYDROCARBON;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AEROSOL; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; EXHAUST GAS; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034062508     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(99)00437-9     Document Type: Article

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