Using regional data and building leakage to assess indoor concentrations of particles of outdoor origin

Aerosol Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 639-654

  Hering, S V ^a   Lunden, M M ^b   Thatcher, T L ^b,c   Kirchstetter, T W ^b   Brown, N J ^b  

^a AEROSOL DYNAMICS INC   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DATA REDUCTION; DATA STRUCTURES; EVAPORATION; HOUSES; NITRATES;

AIR EXCHANGE RATES; INDOOR CONCENTRATIONS; REGIONAL SITES;

CARBON BLACK;

CARBON; NITRATE; SULFATE;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DATA ANALYSIS; EVAPORATION; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEASUREMENT; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34248350694     PISSN: 02786826     EISSN: 15217388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02786820701368026     Document Type: Article

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