Contributions of fossil fuel, biomass-burning, and biogenic emissions to carbonaceous aerosols in Zurich as traced by 14C

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Szidat, Sönke ^a   Jenk, Theo M ^a,b   Synal, Hans Arno ^c   Kalberer, Markus ^c   Wacker, Lukas ^c   Hajdas, Irka ^c   Kasper Giebl, Anne ^d   Baltensperger, Urs ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; BIOMASS; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOSSIL FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; BIOGENIC EMISSION; BIOMASS BURNING; FOSSIL FUEL; ORGANIC CARBON;

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

EID: 33646810865     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006590     Document Type: Article

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