Elemental and organic carbon in PM10: A one year measurement campaign within the European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme EMEP

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 5711-5725

  Yttri, K E ^a   Aas, W ^a   Bjerke, A ^a   Cape, J N ^g   Cavalli, F ^f   Ceburnis, D ^b   Dye, C ^a   Emblico, L ^c   Facchini, M C ^c   Forster, C ^a   Hanssen, J E ^a   Hansson, H C ^d   Jennings, S G ^b   Maenhaut, W ^e   Putaud, J P ^f   Torseth, K ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE   (Italy)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^f JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^g CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AMBIENT AIR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

AUST-AGDER; BIRKENES; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 36248934617     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-7-5711-2007     Document Type: Article

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