Characteristics of carbonaceous aerosols in ambient PM10 and PM2.5 particles in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1308-1314

  Mkoma, Stelyus L ^a,b   Chi, Xuguang ^b   Maenhaut, Willy ^b  

^a SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Carbonaceous matter; Kerbside; Particulate matter mass; Sampling artefacts; Sources

Indexed keywords

CARBONACEOUS AEROSOL; CARBONACEOUS MATTER; DIURNAL VARIATION; DRY SEASONS; KERBSIDE; MASS CONCENTRATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; STANDARD DEVIATION; TANZANIA; TOTAL CARBON; WET SEASON;

AEROSOLS; CHARCOAL; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

DROUGHT;

CARBON; CHARCOAL; ORGANIC CARBON; WATER;

AEROSOL; AMBIENT AIR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIURNAL VARIATION; DRY SEASON; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE MATTER; TRAFFIC EMISSION; WET SEASON;

AEROSOL; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXHAUST GAS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLUBILITY; TANZANIA;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERE; CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; KINETICS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONS; TANZANIA;

DAR ES SALAAM [TANZANIA]; TANZANIA;

EID: 74749106302     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.10.054     Document Type: Article

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