Inferences over the sources and processes affecting polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the atmosphere derived from measured data

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2387-2393

  Mari, Montse ^a,b   Harrison, Roy M ^a   Schuhmacher, Marta ^b   Domingo, José L ^b   Pongpiachan, Siwatt ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^c PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Atmospheric reactivity; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH); Principal Component Analysis (PCA); Receptor modelling

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC LIFETIME; BIRMINGHAM; COLD SEASON; CONCENTRATION RATIO; CONGENER PROFILES; DATA SETS; DECAY PROCESS; DIESEL VEHICLES; GASEOUS PHASIS; MAIN GROUP; MEASURED DATA; NETWORK DATA; NORTHERN IRELAND; RECEPTOR MODELLING; ROAD TRAFFIC; RURAL LOCATIONS; SOURCE CONTRIBUTIONS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STEEL INDUSTRY; WOOD COMBUSTION;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; AUTOMOBILE EXHIBITIONS; COAL COMBUSTION; COAL INDUSTRY; HEATING; IRON AND STEEL PLANTS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; STEELMAKING;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

COAL; DIESEL FUEL; GASOLINE; OIL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEATING; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; PAH; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EXHAUST GAS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; IRELAND; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUMMER; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WINTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUEL OILS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEATING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEASONS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; WEATHER; WOOD;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77950046777     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.01.054     Document Type: Article

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