Investigation and estimation of emission sources of 54 volatile organic compounds in ambient air in Tokyo

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2383-2393

  Hoshi, Jun ya ^a   Amano, Saeko ^a   Sasaki, Yuko ^a   Korenaga, Takashi ^b  

^a The Tokyo Metropolitan Research Institute for Environmental Protection   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mobile source; Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR); Stationary source; VOCs against benzene (VOCs Bz)

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

EMISSION SOURCES; METROPOLITAN AREA; MOBILE SOURCE; POLLUTANT RELEASE AND TRANSFER REGISTER (PRTR); STATIONARY SOURCE; VEHICLE EXHAUSTS;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

1,3 BUTADIENE; ALKANE; ALKENE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BENZENE; BUTANE; ISOPENTANE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AMBIENT AIR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION; ESTIMATION METHOD; METROPOLITAN AREA; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION MONITORING; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; JAPAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METEOROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUMMER;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; TOKYO [KANTO];

EID: 40049097851     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.12.024     Document Type: Article

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