Chemical composition of atmospheric aerosols during the 2003 summer intense forest fire period

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 32, 2008, Pages 7530-7543

  Pio, C A ^a   Legrand, M ^b   Alves, C A ^a   Oliveira, T ^a   Afonso, J ^a   Caseiro, A ^a,c   Puxbaum, H ^c   Sanchez Ochoa, A ^c   Gelencser A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PANNONIA   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Atmospheric aerosols; Diacids; Forest fires; Levoglucosan; Monosugars; Polyols; Portugal; Potassium

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTION; ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; CARBON; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DEFORESTATION; DISASTERS; FIRES; FORESTRY; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; POTASSIUM; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SMOKE;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL SAMPLES; AEROSOL SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; BIOMASS-BURNING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CHEMICAL-; DIACIDS; EMISSION SOURCES; FOREST FIRES; FORESTED AREAS; LEVOGLUCOSAN; MOLECULAR TRACERS; MONOSUGARS; ORGANIC CONSTITUENTS; PARTICULATE MASS; POLYOLS; PORTUGAL; SECONDARY ORGANIC CARBON; TOTAL MASS; WOOD SMOKE;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

LEVOGLUCOSAN; ORGANIC CARBON; POTASSIUM;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; BIOMASS BURNING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOREST FIRE; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SUMMER;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FIRE; FOREST; MASS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKE; SUMMER; WOOD;

AEROSOLS; AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTION; ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; DEFORESTATION; EMISSION; FOREST FIRES; LEVOGLUCOSAN; POLYOLS; PORTUGAL; POTASSIUM; SMOKE;

AVEIRO [PORTUGAL]; EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 53049109461     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.05.032     Document Type: Article

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