Photoacoustic measurements of black carbon light absorption coefficients in Irbid city, Jordan

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 166, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 485-494

  Hamasha, Khadeejeh M ^a   Arnott, W Patrick ^b  

^a YARMOUK UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorption coefficient; Aerosol; Black carbon; Light absorption; Photoacoustic; Urban air pollution

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENTS; AEROSOL BLACK CARBON; AMBIENT AIR QUALITY; AVERAGE VALUES; BACKGROUND LEVEL; BLACK CARBON; COMBUSTION EFFICIENCIES; LIGHT ABSORPTION COEFFICIENTS; MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; PALESTINE; PHOTOACOUSTIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOACOUSTIC MEASUREMENTS; ROUTINE MONITORING; SAMPLING SITE; URBAN AIR POLLUTION;

ABSORPTION SPECTRA; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; ROADS AND STREETS; TIME SERIES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ABSORPTION;

BLACK CARBON;

ABSORPTION; ACOUSTICS; AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BLACK CARBON; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LIGHT SCATTERING; PHOTOLYSIS; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; URBAN POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; JORDAN; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTOACOUSTIC SPECTROSCOPY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; URBANIZATION;

ABSORPTION; ACOUSTICS; AIR POLLUTANTS; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; JORDAN; SOOT; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

IRBID [IRBID (GVR)]; IRBID [JORDAN]; JORDAN;

EID: 77954143347     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-009-1017-3     Document Type: Article

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