Atmospheric aerosol measurements in the German Ultrafine Aerosol Network (GUAN) - Part 1: Soot and particle number size distributions

Gefahrstoffe Reinhaltung der Luft

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 137-145

  Birmili, Wolfram ^a   Weinhold, Kay ^a   Nordmann, Stephan ^a   Wiedensohler, Alfred ^a   Spindler, Gerald ^a   Müller, Konrad ^a   Herrmann, Hartmut ^a   Gnauk, Thomas ^a   Pitz, Mike ^b,c   Cyrys, Josef ^b,c   Flentje, Harald ^d   Nickel, Carmen ^e   Kuhlbusch, Thomas A J ^e   Löschau, Gunter ^f   Haase, Dirk ^g   Meinhardt, Frank ^h   Schwerin, Andreas ^h   Ries, Ludwig ⁱ   Wirtz, Klaus ⁱ  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^d DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^e Institute of Energy and Environmental Technology   (Germany)

^f Landwirtschaft und Geologie LfULG   (Germany)

^g Staatliches Gewerbeaufsichtsamt (GAA) Niedersachsen   (Germany)

^h Messstelle Schauinsland ^*  (Germany)

ⁱ UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; REVIEW; SOOT;

EID: 65249159645     PISSN: 09498036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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