Size distributions, sources and source areas of water-soluble organic carbon in urban background air

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 5635-5647

  Timonen, H ^a   Saarikoski, S ^a   Tolonen Kivima O ^a   Aurela, M ^a   Saarnio, K ^a   Petaja T ^b,c   Aalto, P P ^b   Kulmala, M ^b   Pakkanen, T ^a   Hillamo, R ^a  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AIR MASS; ANHYDRITE; BIOGENIC EMISSION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FILTER; GRAVIMETRY; ORGANIC CARBON; OXIDATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ETELA SUOMEN; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; HELSINKI; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 53349153630     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-8-5635-2008     Document Type: Article

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