Air ion concentrations in various urban outdoor environments

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 2186-2193

  Ling, Xuan ^a   Jayaratne, Rohan ^a   Morawska, Lidia ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Charged particle; Small ions; Urban environment

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE CONCENTRATIONS; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; ATMOSPHERIC IONS; ATTACHMENT PROCESS; AUSTRALIA; CO-LOCATED; ION CONCENTRATIONS; ION DISTRIBUTIONS; MAJOR CITIES; MEDIAN CONCENTRATION; MOTOR VEHICLE; PARTICLE CHARGE; PARTICLE SOURCE; POWER LINES; POWER SUBSTATIONS; POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS; RESIDENTIAL AREAS; SMALL IONS; URBAN AREAS; URBAN BACKGROUND; URBAN ENVIRONMENT; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; URBAN OUTDOOR;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; AUTOMOBILE EXHIBITIONS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; ION SOURCES; PARKS; TELECOMMUNICATION LINES; URBAN PLANNING; VEHICLE TRANSMISSIONS; VEHICLES;

IONS;

ION;

AEROSOL; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ION; POWER LINE; URBAN AREA; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; HIGHWAY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOTOR VEHICLE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77952673085     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.03.026     Document Type: Article

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