Determination of anthropogenic and biogenic compounds on atmospheric aerosol collected in urban, biomass burning and forest areas in São Paulo, Brazil

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 5836-5844

  Vasconcellos, Pérola C ^a   Souza, Davi Z ^b   Sanchez Ccoyllo, Odon ^c   Bustillos, José Oscar V ^b   Lee, Helena ^a   Santos, Fernando C ^a   Nascimento, Katia H ^a   Araújo, Maria P ^a   Saarnio, Karri ^d   Teinilä, Kimmo ^d   Hillamo, Risto ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

^c Servicio Nacional de Meteorologa e Hidrologa del Peru   (Peru)

^d FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Anthropogenic emissions; Biogenic emissions; Biomass burning; Levoglucosan; Molecular markers

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; BIOGENIC EMISSION; BIOMASS BURNING; LEVOGLUCOSAN; MOLECULAR MARKER;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; GLASS FIBERS; IONS; PARAFFINS; PETROLEUM TRANSPORTATION; POLLUTION; QUARTZ;

BIOMASS;

ALIPHATIC COMPOUND; ALKANE DERIVATIVE; CATION; LEVOGLUCOSAN; PETROLEUM; PHYTANE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PRISTANE; RETENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROSOL; AIR MASS; ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; ANION; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIOGENIC EMISSION; BIOMASS BURNING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOREST COVER; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; TRACER; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIOMASS; BIOMASS BURNING; BRAZIL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FOREST; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; URBAN AREA;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERE; BIOMASS; BRAZIL; CITIES; DITERPENES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GLUCOSE; INCINERATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHENANTHRENES; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; TERPENES; TREES;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL; PIRACICABA; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; SAO PAULO [SAO PAULO (STT)];

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 77958094176     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.08.012     Document Type: Article

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