Vertical gradients of benzene concentration in a deep street canyon in the urban area of Naples

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 37, Issue 35, 2003, Pages 4853-4859

  Murena, Fabio ^a   Vorraro, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benzene; Deep street canyon; Passive samplers; Vertical pollutant gradients

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILES; BENZENE; MONITORING;

BENZENE CONCENTRATION;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

BENZENE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; EXHAUST GAS; GEOMETRY; ITALY; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0141727240     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2003.08.033     Document Type: Article

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