An investigation of the relationship between total non-methane organic carbon and the sum of speciated hydrocarbons and carbonyls measured by standard GC/FID: Measurements in the Los Angeles air basin

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 37, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2003, Pages 159-170

  Chung, Myeong Y ^a   Maris, Christophe ^a,b   Krischke, Udo ^a,c   Meller, Richard ^a,d   Paulson, Suzanne E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c SGS Institut Fresenius GmbH   (Germany)

^d West Coast Analytical   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrocarbons; Los Angeles air; PAMS data; Total organic carbon; VOCs

Indexed keywords

CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; DIESEL FUELS; GASOLINE; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

POLLUTION SOURCES;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; GASOLINE; HYDROCARBON; ORGANIC CARBON;

AMBIENT AIR; NONMETHANE HYDROCARBON; ORGANIC CARBON; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR MONITOR; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXHAUST GAS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042471617     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(03)00388-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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