Characterization of fine primary biogenic organic aerosol in an urban area in the northeastern United States

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 32, 2010, Pages 3952-3962

  Coz, Esther ^a,b   Artíñano, Begoña ^a   Clark, Lisa M ^c   Hernandez, Mark ^c   Robinson, Allen L ^d   Casuccio, Gary S ^e   Lersch, Traci L ^e   Pandis, Spyros N ^d,f  

^a CIEMAT   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^c UCB 450   (United States)

^d CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e RJ LEE GROUP   (United States)

^f INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Greece)

Author keywords

Carbohydrates; Primary biogenic organic aerosols; SEM EDX

Indexed keywords

BIOPARTICLES; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY; ORGANIC AEROSOL; PITTSBURGH AIR QUALITY STUDIES; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEM/EDX; URBAN AREAS;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

CARBOHYDRATES;

CARBOHYDRATE; CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOGENIC EMISSION; CARBOHYDRATE; DETRITUS; INSECT; MICROORGANISM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPORE; URBAN AREA;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; INSECT; MASS; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

UNITED STATES;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 77955924777     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.07.007     Document Type: Article

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