Ambient levels of gas phase pollutants in Porto Alegre, Brazil

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 32, Issue 20, 1998, Pages 3371-3379

  Grosjean, Eric ^a   Rasmussen, Reinhold A ^b   Grosjean, Daniel ^a  

^a DGA Incorporated   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; Ethanol; MTBE; Urban air quality; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

METHYL-TERT-BUTYL ETHER; VEHICLE EXHAUST EMISSIONS;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON MONOXIDE; ETHANOL; ETHYLENE; GAS EMISSIONS; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; RATE CONSTANTS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

AIR POLLUTION;

ACETYLENE; ALCOHOL; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ALDEHYDE; ALKANE; ALKENE; BENZENE; BUTANE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; ETHYLBENZENE; ETHYLENE; HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON; HEXANE; ISOPENTANE; OZONE; PENTANE; PROPANE; PROPYLENE; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; XYLENE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; HYDROCARBON; TRAFFIC EMISSION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; EXHAUST GAS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0344784428     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(98)00007-7     Document Type: Article

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