Study of water-soluble atmospheric humic matter in urban and marine environments

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-12

  Krivácsy, Zoltán ^a   Kiss, Gyula ^a   Ceburnis, Darius ^b   Jennings, Gerard ^b   Maenhaut, Willy ^c   Salma, Imre ^d   Shooter, David ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Atmospheric concentration; Fluorescence; Humic like substances (HULIS); Molecular weight; Sampling artefact; Sources; UV VIS absorption; Water solubility

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CARBON; FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SOLUBILITY;

AROMATICITY; ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION; HUMIC-LIKE SUBSTANCES;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION;

AEROSOL FORMATION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HUMIC SUBSTANCE; MARINE POLLUTION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT SOURCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SOLUBILITY; SPECTROSCOPY; URBAN POLLUTION;

EID: 37049001666     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2007.04.005     Document Type: Article

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