Chemical characterization of volatile organic compounds near the World Trade Center: Ambient concentrations and source apportionment

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 27, 2007, Pages 5673-5683

  Olson, David A ^a   Norris, Gary A ^a   Seila, Robert L ^a   Landis, Matthew S ^a   Vette, Alan F ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Building fire; Receptor modeling; Source apportionment; World Trade Center

Indexed keywords

MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; WORLD TRADE CENTER (WTC);

ETHANE; GROUND VEHICLES; SAMPLING;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

1,3 BUTADIENE; 2 METHYLHEXANE; 2,2 DIMETHYLBUTANE; 2,3 DIMETHYLBUTANE; 2,4 DIMETHYLPENTANE; 3 METHYLHEXANE; 3 METHYLPENTANE; ALCOHOL; BENZENE; BUTANE; CUMENE; CYCLOHEXANE; CYCLOPENTANE; CYCLOPENTENE DERIVATIVE; ETHANE; ETHYLBENZENE; ETHYLENE; ETHYLTOLUENE; HEPTANE; ISOHEXANE; ISOPENTANE; ISOPRENE; NAPHTHALENE; NONANE; OCTANE; PROPANE; PROPYLENE; STYRENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; XYLENE;

AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BURNING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; POLLUTANT SOURCE; TRAFFIC EMISSION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WORLD TRADE CENTER;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

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

EID: 34547118595     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.02.047     Document Type: Article

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