Seasonal estimation of organic mass to organic carbon in PM2.5 at rural and urban locations in New York state

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 40, Issue 39, 2006, Pages 7467-7479

  Bae, Min Suk ^a   Demerjian, Kenneth L ^a   Schwab, James J ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbonaceous aerosol; Elemental carbon; Fine particulate matter; Mass balance

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; IONS; MASS SPECTROMETERS; NITRATES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

CARBONACEOUS AEROSOLS; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; SEASON;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

AMMONIA; CARBON; METAL OXIDE; NITRATE; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; SULFATE; WATER;

AEROSOL; ESTIMATION METHOD; ION; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; RURAL ATMOSPHERE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR MONITORING; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750368042     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.07.008     Document Type: Article

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