A relationship between Black Smoke Index and Black Carbon concentration

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 36, 2007, Pages 7964-7968

  Quincey, Paul ^a  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air quality; Black Carbon; Black Smoke; Climate change; Human health; Soot

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); SMOKE; SOOT;

BLACK CARBON; BLACK SMOKE; HUMAN HEALTH;

CARBON BLACK;

CARBON;

AIR QUALITY; BLACK CARBON; BLACK SMOKER; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PARTICULATE MATTER; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOOT;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; BLACK SMOKE INDEX; CLIMATE CHANGE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOOT;

CANADA; LONDON [ONTARIO]; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 35548981392     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.09.033     Document Type: Article

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