Seasonal variation of particle size distributions of PAHS at Seoul, Korea

Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 57-68

  Lee, Ji Yi ^a,d   Shin, Hye Jung ^a,b   Bae, Soo Ya ^a   Kim, Yong Pyo ^a   Kang, Chang Hee ^c  

^a Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^b National Institute of Environmental Research   (South Korea)

^c Jeju National University   (South Korea)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bimodal distribution; Dry deposition; Molecular weight dependency; Optical properties

Indexed keywords

EID: 73649090096     PISSN: 18739318     EISSN: 18739326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11869-008-0002-2     Document Type: Article

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