Radiocarbon (14C)-deduced biogenic and anthropogenic contributions to organic carbon (OC) of urban aerosols from Zürich, Switzerland

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 38, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 4035-4044

  Szidat, S ^a   Jenk, T M ^a,b   Gaggeler H W ^a,b   Synal, H A ^c   Fisseha, R ^b   Baltensperger, U ^b   Kalberer, M ^c   Samburova, V ^c   Reimann, S ^d   Kasper Giebl, A ^e   Hajdas, I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^e VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Biogenic emissions; Environmental radiocarbon; Secondary organic aerosol; Source apportionment

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CORRELATION METHODS; FOSSIL FUELS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; BIOSPHERES; ORGANIC CARBON (OC);

AEROSOLS;

CARBON 14; ORGANIC CARBON; OXIDIZING AGENT; TERPENE; VOLATILE AGENT;

AEROSOL; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOGENIC EMISSION; ORGANIC CARBON; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOMASS; BIOSPHERE; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWITZERLAND; URBAN AREA;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND; ZURICH [SWITZERLAND];

EID: 2942738773     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2004.03.066     Document Type: Article

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