Ambient aerosol concentrations of sugars and sugar-alcohols at four different sites in Norway

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 4267-4279

  Yttri, K E ^a   Dye, C ^a   Kiss, G ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ALCOHOL; BURNING; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUGAR;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 34548057020     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-7-4267-2007     Document Type: Article

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