Assessment of secondary organic carbon in the southeastern United States: A review

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1282-1292

  Lee, Sangil ^a,b   Wang, Yuhang ^a   Russell, Armistead G ^c  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science   (South Korea)

^c Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER POLLUTION;

AERODYNAMIC DIAMETERS; ANTHROPOGENIC ORIGIN; ANTHROPOGENIC POLLUTANTS; REGIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOLS; SECONDARY ORGANIC CARBON; SECONDARY ORGANIC CARBONS (SOC); SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

ORGANIC CARBON;

CARBON 14; CARBON MONOXIDE; ORGANIC CARBON; WATER;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; BIOMASS; FOSSIL; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

EID: 78649725602     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3155/1047-3289.60.11.1282     Document Type: Review

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