Nucleation and growth of new particles in the rural atmosphere of Northern Italy - Relationship to air quality monitoring

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 39, Issue 36, 2005, Pages 6734-6746

  Rodríguez, Sergio ^a,b,d   Van Dingenen, Rita ^a   Putaud, Jean Philippe ^a   Martins Dos Santos, Sebastiao ^a   Roselli, Davide ^c  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^d INM CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aerosols size distribution; Air quality; Nucleation; Number concentration; Po valley

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AIR QUALITY; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONDENSATION; GROWTH (MATERIALS); MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AEROSOLS SIZE DISTRIBUTION; MASS CONCENTRATION; NUMBER CONCENTRATION; PO VALLEY;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; NUCLEATION; RURAL ATMOSPHERE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

AEROSOL; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GAS; ITALY; METEOROLOGY; PARAMETER; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PO VALLEY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 26844551772     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.07.036     Document Type: Article

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