Observation of number concentrations of atmospheric aerosols and analysis of nanoparticle behavior at an urban background area in Japan

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 39, Issue 32, 2005, Pages 5806-5816

  Minoura, Hiroaki ^a   Takekawa, Hideto ^a  

^a Rd Management Section   (Japan)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Meteorological influence; Nanoparticles; Particle growth; Particle size distribution; Photochemical nucleation; Ultrafine particles

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; EVAPORATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

METEOROLOGICAL INFLUENCE; PARTICLE GROWTH; PHOTOCHEMICAL NUCLEATION; ULTRAFINE PARTICLES;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

NANOPARTICLE;

AEROSOL; NUCLEATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BLOOD CLOTTING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EVAPORATION; GAS; GROWTH RATE; JAPAN; METEOROLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLLUTANT; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUMMER; URBAN AREA; WEATHER; WINTER;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; WORLD;

EID: 24644481451     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.06.033     Document Type: Article

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