Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in air on small spatial and temporal scales - I. Levels and variabilities

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 38, 2010, Pages 5015-5021

  Lammel, Gerhard ^a,b   Klánová, Jana ^a   Ilić, Predrag ^c   Kohoutek, Jiří ^a   Gasić, Bojan ^d   Kovacić, Igor ^e   Lakić, Nataša ^c   Radić, Ranka ^e  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c Institute for Protection   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e Republic Hydrometeorological Institute   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Spatial variability; Urban aerosol

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANTS; AVERAGING EFFECT; HIGH-TIME RESOLUTION; MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY; POLYCYCLIC AROMATICS; RURAL ENVIRONMENT; RURAL SITE; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; TEMPORAL SCALE; TIME AVERAGING; URBAN AEROSOLS; URBAN SITE;

AIR QUALITY; AROMATIZATION; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLLUTION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AEROSOL; AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; PAH; RESOLUTION; RURAL AREA; SAMPLER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EXHAUST GAS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

BANJA LUKA; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA;

EID: 77958169302     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.07.034     Document Type: Article

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