Semi volatile organic compounds in ambient PM2.5. Seasonal trends and daily resolved source contributions

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3821-3828

  Schnelle Kreis, Jürgen ^a,b   Sklorz, Martin ^b,c   Orasche, Jürgen ^a   Stölzel, Matthias ^b   Peters, Annette ^b   Zimmermann, Ralf ^a,b,c  

^a BIfA GmbH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MATRIX ALGEBRA; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION (PMF); SEASONAL VARIATION; WOOD COMBUSTION;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

ALKANOIC ACID; ALKANONE; ALKENE DERIVATIVE; ALKYLBENZENESULFONIC ACID; DIESEL FUEL; DITERPENE; HOPANOID; LUBRICATING AGENT; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

CLIMATOLOGY; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MATRIX ALGEBRA; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

AMBIENT AIR; BIOGENIC EMISSION; DIURNAL VARIATION; EXHAUST EMISSION; MATRIX; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GERMANY; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONS;

AUGSBURG; BAVARIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 34250183077     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es060666e     Document Type: Article

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