Importance of organic and black carbon in atmospheric aerosols at Mace Head, on the West Coast of Ireland (53°19′N, 9°54′W)

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 36, Issue 28, 2002, Pages 4479-4490

  Kleefeld, S ^a   Hoffer, A ^b   Krivacsy Z ^b   Jennings, S G ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PANNONIA   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Black carbon; Dicarboxylic acids; Marine aerosols; Water insoluble organic carbon; Water soluble organic carbon

Indexed keywords

CARBON BLACK; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; MARINE POLLUTION;

AIR MASSES;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

CARBON; DICARBOXYLIC ACID; ORGANIC COMPOUND; WATER;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BLACK CARBON; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; IRELAND; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SEA; SOLUBILITY; SUMMER; WINTER;

IRELAND;

MYRISTICA FRAGRANS;

EID: 0036708752     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(02)00346-1     Document Type: Article

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