Revealing source signatures in ambient BTEX concentrations

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 553-562

  Zalel, Amir ^a   Yuval, ^a   Broday, David M ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

BTEX monitoring data; Seasonal variation; Traffic induced air pollution

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT CONCENTRATIONS; BTEX COMPOUNDS; BTEX MONITORING DATA; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DIURNAL VARIATIONS; MONITORING STATIONS; OXIDATION RATES; OZONE LEVELS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOURCE APPORTIONMENTS; TRAFFIC EMISSIONS; TRAFFIC INDUCED AIR POLLUTION; URBAN AIR QUALITIES; URBAN AIRSHEDS; URBAN AREAS; VOC EMISSIONS;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OZONE; QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BTEX; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIURNAL VARIATION; OZONE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION MONITORING; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN AREA; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

BENZENE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; ETHYLBENZENE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXHAUST GAS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; ISRAEL; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCHEMICAL SMOG; SEASON; TIME;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BENZENE; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; ISRAEL; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OXIDANTS, PHOTOCHEMICAL; PARTICLE SIZE; SEASONS; TIME; TOLUENE; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; XYLENES;

EID: 55749107291     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2008.01.016     Document Type: Article

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