Identification of the origin of odour episodes through social participation, chemical control and numerical modelling

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 35, 2008, Pages 8150-8160

  Gallego, E ^a   Soriano, C ^b   Roca, F X ^a   Perales, J F ^a   Alarcon M ^a   Guardino, X ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b Atmospheric Projects Group   (Spain)

^c Instituto Nacional de Seguridad e Higiene en el Trabajo   (Spain)

Author keywords

Back trajectories; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry; Odour episodes; Social participation; Thermal desorption; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; DESORPTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POPULATION STATISTICS; REGIONAL PLANNING; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; THERMAL DESORPTION; TRAJECTORIES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

BACK TRAJECTORIES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY/MASS SPECTROMETRY; ODOUR EPISODES; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION;

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY;

CARBON DISULFIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR MASS; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; ODOR; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; DESORPTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; ODOR CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN;

EID: 53749084739     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.08.004     Document Type: Article

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