Temporal trends in sulphate concentrations at European sites and relationships to sulphur dioxide

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 873-882

  Jones, Alan M ^a   Harrison, Roy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abatement; Non linearity; Sulphate trends; Sulphur dioxide

Indexed keywords

ABATEMENT; AIRBORNE CONCENTRATIONS; ANNUAL MEAN; DATA SETS; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; NON-LINEARITY; PRECURSOR GAS; SAMPLING PROBLEMS; SHORT PERIODS; SULPHATES; SULPHUR DIOXIDE; TEMPORAL TRENDS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); SULFUR; SULFUR DETERMINATION;

SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AMMONIA; SULFATE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ABATEMENT COST; AIR SAMPLING; AMMONIA; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; DATA SET; NONLINEARITY; SAMPLING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SULFATE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 78650969554     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.11.020     Document Type: Article

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