Source apportionment of urban fine and ultra-fine particle number concentration in a Western Mediterranean city

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 29, 2009, Pages 4407-4415

  Pey, Jorge ^a   Querol, Xavier ^a   Alastuey, Andrés ^a   Rodríguez, Sergio ^b,c   Putaud, Jean Philippe ^d   Van Dingenen, Rita ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^b AEMET   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^d JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atmospheric processes; Barcelona; Chemical composition; Photochemical nucleation; Regional urban background; Road traffic

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES; BARCELONA; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; PHOTOCHEMICAL NUCLEATION; REGIONAL/URBAN BACKGROUND; ROAD TRAFFIC;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COAGULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DUST; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); MINING; NUCLEATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROADS AND STREETS;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION;

ALUMINUM; AMMONIA; ARSENIC; BARIUM; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CARBON; CHLORIDE; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; FUEL OIL; IRON; LEAD; LITHIUM; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; NICKEL; NITRATE; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SELENIUM; SILICON DIOXIDE; SODIUM; STRONTIUM; SULFATE; TITANIUM; VANADIUM; ZINC;

AEROSOL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; NUCLEATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EXHAUST GAS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MINERAL DUST; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA;

BARCELONA [BARCELONA (PRV)]; BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 67849128547     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.05.024     Document Type: Article

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