Aerosol inorganic composition at a tropical site: Discrepancies between filter-based sampling and a semi-continuous method

Aerosol Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 255-269

  Trebs, Ivonne ^a   Andreae, Meinrat O ^a   Elbert, Wolfgang ^a   Mayol Bracero, Olga L ^b   Soto García, Lydia L ^b   Rudich, Yinon ^c   Falkovich, Alla H ^c   Maenhaut, Willy ^d   Artaxo, Paulo ^e   Otjes, René ^f   Slanina, Jacob ^g  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^f TNO   (Netherlands)

^g PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR FILTERS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; SAMPLING;

FILTER-BASED SAMPLING; ORGANOSULFATES; PARTICLE-INDUCED X-RAY EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; SEMI-CONTINUOUS METHOD;

AEROSOLS;

AMMONIA; CHLORIDE ION; NITRATE; POLITEF; POLYCARBONATE; SILICON DIOXIDE; SULFATE;

AEROSOL; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; BIOMASS; BRAZIL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FILTER; ION PAIR CHROMATOGRAPHY; NIGHT; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMI CONTINUOUS AIR SAMPLING METHOD; SUNLIGHT; X RAY SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 42049086328     PISSN: 02786826     EISSN: 15217388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02786820801992899     Document Type: Article

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