Mass balance of organic carbon fractions in atmospheric aerosols

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 21, 2002, Pages

  Alves, Célia ^a   Carvalho, Abel ^a   Pio, Casimiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Atmospheric aerosol; Mass balance; Organic carbon; Water soluble compounds

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CARBON; EXTRACTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

AEROSOL; AIR SAMPLING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AVEIRO [PORTUGAL]; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; LISBOA [PORTUGAL]; LISBON; NORTHERN EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SCANDINAVIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33751270194     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD000616     Document Type: Article

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