Roadside aerosol study using hygroscopic, organic and volatility TDMAs: Characterization and mixing state

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 976-986

  Tiitta, Petri ^a   Miettinen, Pasi ^a   Vaattovaara, Petri ^a   Joutsensaari, Jorma ^a   Petäjä, Tuukka ^c   Virtanen, Annele ^d   Raatikainen, Tomi ^b   Aalto, Pasi ^c   Portin, Harri ^b   Romakkaniemi, Sami ^a   Kokkola, Harri ^b   Lehtinen, Kari E J ^a,b   Kulmala, Markku ^c   Laaksonen, Ari ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Hygroscopicity; Organic compounds; Ultrafine particles; Vehicular emissions; Volatility

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS; AEROSOL BLACK CARBON; AEROSOL PARTICLES; AMBIENT AIR QUALITY; EXTERNAL MIXING; FINLAND; GROUND LEVEL; INSOLUBLE CONSTITUENTS; INSOLUBLE MATERIALS; MIXING STATE; NUCLEATION MODES; ORGANIC FRACTIONS; PARTICLE NUMBER CONCENTRATION; POTENTIAL HEALTH; SIZE RANGES; TANDEM DIFFERENTIAL MOBILITY ANALYZERS; THREE-COMPONENT MODELS; TRAFFIC-RELATED; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE; ULTRAFINE PARTICLES; URBAN ATMOSPHERES; URBAN DWELLERS; VEHICLE EXHAUSTS; VEHICULAR EMISSION;

AIR QUALITY; CARBON BLACK; ETHANOL; NUCLEATION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ROADSIDES; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS; TITRATION;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

ALCOHOL; BLACK CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUND; VOLATILE AGENT;

AEROSOL; AITKEN NUCLEUS; BLACK CARBON; HYGROSCOPICITY; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PARTICLE SIZE; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AMBIENT AIR; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL MODEL; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EXHAUST GAS; FINLAND; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILITY; TANDEM DIFFERENTIAL MOBILITY ANALYZER; WETTABILITY;

EID: 75349086938     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.06.021     Document Type: Article

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