Inter-community variability in total particle number concentrations in the eastern Los Angeles air basin

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 11385-11399

  Hudda, N ^a   Cheung, K ^a   Moore, K F ^a   Sioutas, C ^a  

^a University of Southern California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; URBAN AREA; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES BASIN; UNITED STATES;

GADIDAE;

EID: 78649690187     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-11385-2010     Document Type: Article

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