Contribution of railway traffic to local PM10 concentrations in Switzerland

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 923-933

  Gehrig, Robert ^a   Hill, Matz ^a   Lienemann, Peter ^a   Zwicky, Christoph N ^a   Bukowiecki, Nicolas ^a   Weingartner, Ernest ^b   Baltensperger, Urs ^b   Buchmann, Brigitte ^a  

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

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Abrasion; Iron; Particulate matter; Railroad

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); IRON; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; RAILROAD CARS; RAILROAD STATIONS; RAILROAD TRACKS;

ELEMENTAL CONCENTRATIONS; RAILWAY EMISSIONS; RAILWAY TRAFFIC; ROCK MATERIAL;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

ALUMINUM; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; IRON; IRON OXIDE; MAGNESIUM; SODIUM;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; FIELD SURVEY; IRON; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAILWAY; ROCK; SEASONAL VARIATION; SWITZERLAND; URBAN AREA;

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

EID: 33845600427     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.09.021     Document Type: Article

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