Organic composition of atmospheric urban aerosol: Variations and sources of aliphatic and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 85, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 288-299

  Mazquiarán, Miguel A Barrero ^a   Cantón Ortiz de Pinedo, Lourdes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Multivariate statistics; PAHs; Particle size distribution; Seasonal variation; Urban air

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ALIPHATIC; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICS; ORGANIC COMPOSITION;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAH; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; URBAN AREA; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

BASQUE COUNTRY; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 34547829775     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2007.01.004     Document Type: Article

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