Seasonal and diurnal variation in the size distribution of fine carbonaceous particles over rural Hungary

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 139-146

  Temesi, D ^a   Molnar A ^a   Meszaros E ^b   Feczko T ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PANNONIA   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Diurnal and seasonal variation; Fine aerosol particles; Hungary; Rural air; Size distribution of sulfate; Total carbon and water soluble organic compounds (WSOC)

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SAMPLING;

ELECTRICAL LOW PRESSURE IMPACTORS;

AIR POLLUTION;

CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SULFATE;

AEROSOL; DIURNAL VARIATION; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HUNGARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING;

HUNGARY;

EID: 0037212402     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(02)00773-2     Document Type: Article

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