Role of organic and black carbon in the chemical composition of atmospheric aerosol at European background sites

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 35, Issue 36, 2001, Pages 6231-6244

  Krivacsy Z ^a   Hoffer, A ^b   Sarvari Zs ^b   Temesi, D ^a,b   Baltensperger, U ^c   Nyeki, S ^c   Weingartner, E ^c   Kleefeld, S ^d   Jennings, S G ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PANNONIA   (Hungary)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Background atmospheric aerosol; Black carbon; Carboxylic acids; Humic like substances; Organic carbon; Thermal behaviour; Water solubility

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

HUMIC-LIKE SUBSTANCES; REFRACTORY ORGANIC MATTER;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

CARBON; CARBOXYLIC ACID; ION; ORGANIC MATTER;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; BACKGROUND LEVEL; BLACK CARBON; ORGANIC CARBON;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; COMBUSTION; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUNGARY; IRELAND; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAMPLING; SOLUBILITY; SPECTROMETRY; SWITZERLAND; TECHNIQUE;

HUNGARY; IRELAND; JUNGFRAUJOCH; KPUSZTA; MACE HEAD; SWITZERLAND;

MYRISTICA FRAGRANS;

EID: 0035167743     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(01)00467-8     Document Type: Article

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