Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in air on small spatial and temporal scales - II. Mass size distributions and gas-particle partitioning

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 38, 2010, Pages 5022-5027

  Lammel, Gerhard ^a,b   Klánová, Jana ^a   Ilić, Predrag ^c   Kohoutek, Jiří ^a   Gasić, Bojan ^d   Kovacić, Igor ^e   Škrdlíková, Lenka ^a  

^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

Gas particle partitioning; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Spatial variability; Urban aerosol

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION MODES; AEROSOL MASS; AIR POLLUTANTS; GAS-PARTICLE PARTITIONING; HIGH-TIME RESOLUTION; HIGHER TIME RESOLUTION; JUNGE-PANKOW MODEL; MASS MEDIAN DIAMETERS; MASS SIZE DISTRIBUTION; NON-VOLATILE; PHASE PARTITIONING; POLYCYCLIC AROMATICS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE; TEMPORAL SCALE; TIME AVERAGING; URBAN AEROSOLS; URBAN SITE;

ADSORPTION; AIR POLLUTION; AROMATIZATION; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; GASES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ACENAPHTHENE DERIVATIVE; ACENAPHTHYLENE; ANTHRACENE; ANTHRANTHRENE; BENZO[A] ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[B]FLUORENE; BENZO[B]NAPHTHO[21D]THIOPHENE; BENZO[E]PYRENE; BENZO[GHI]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; BENZO[J]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; CHRYSENE; CORONENE; CYCLOPENTA[CD]PYRENE; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; DIBENZO[AC]ANTHRACENE; FLUORENE; FLUOROANTHENE; INDENO[1,2,3 CD]PYRENE; NAPHTHALENE; PERYLENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; RETENE; TRIPHENYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PAH; PARTITIONING; RURAL ATMOSPHERE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

BANJA LUKA; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA;

EID: 77958182754     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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