Factors affecting the indoor concentrations of carbonaceous aerosols of outdoor origin

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 5660-5671

  Lunden, Melissa M ^a   Kirchstetter, Thomas W ^a   Thatcher, Tracy L ^b   Hering, Susanne V ^c   Brown, Nancy J ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AEROSOL DYNAMICS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Adsorption artifact; Aerosols; Carbon; Gas to particle partitioning; Indoor air quality

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTION; ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATOMIZERS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON; CARBON BLACK; ELECTRIC FILTERS; FOG; GAS ADSORPTION; GASES; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MEASUREMENTS; MIXTURES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SULFATE MINERALS; SURFACES; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; TIME MEASUREMENT;

(E ,3E) PROCESS; (P ,P ,T) MEASUREMENTS; BLACK CARBON (BC) AEROSOLS; CALIFORNIA; CARBON AEROSOLS; CARBONACEOUS AEROSOLS; CHEMICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; EMISSIONS (ASPHALT); FIELD STUDIES; GAS PHASE ADSORPTION; GAS TO PARTICLE PARTITIONING; INDOOR CONCENTRATION; INDOOR ENVIRONMENTS; INDOOR EXPOSURE; INTEGRATED FILTERS; LOSS MECHANISMS; MEASUREMENT METHODS; ORGANIC CARBON (OC); REAL-TIME MEASUREMENTS; SULFATE AEROSOLS; SURFACE INTERACTIONS;

ORGANIC CARBON;

ORGANIC CARBON;

ADSORPTION; AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; BLACK CARBON; CARBON; GAS PHASE REACTION; INDOOR AIR; MEASUREMENT METHOD; ORGANIC CARBON;

ADSORPTION; AEROSOL; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; FILTER; GAS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; CLOVIS [CALIFORNIA]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 46749100108     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.03.017     Document Type: Article

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