Measurements and receptor modeling of volatile organic compounds in Southeastern Mexico City, 2000-2007

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 9027-9037

  Wohrnschimmel H ^a,b   Magana M ^a   Stahel, W A ^b   Blanco, S ^a   Acuna S ^c   Perez J M ^a   Gonzalez S ^a   Gutierrez V ^a   Wakamatsu, S ^d   Cardenas B ^a  

^a Instituto Nacional de Ecologia   (Mexico)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^d EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXHAUST EMISSION; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MODELING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MEXICO CITY;

EID: 77957696825     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-9027-2010     Document Type: Article

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