Source attribution of urban smog episodes caused by coal combustion

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 88, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 294-304

  Mira Salama, D ^a,b   Gruning C ^a   Jensen, N R ^a   Cavalli, P ^a   Putaud, J P ^a   Larsen, B R ^a   Raes, F ^a   Coe, H ^b  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerosol mass spectrometry; Coal burning; Single particle; Smog episode; Urban aerosol

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CHARACTERIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

AEROSOL MASS SPECTROMETRY; COAL BURNING; SMOG; SMOG EPISODE;

COAL COMBUSTION;

AEROSOL; BLACK CARBON; BURNING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COAL; COMBUSTION; EXHAUST EMISSION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITRATE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SMOG; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CRACOW; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; MALOPOLSKIE; POLAND;

EID: 43049159110     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2007.11.025     Document Type: Article

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