Measurements of gaseous NH3 and particulate NH4+ in the atmosphere by fluorescent detection after continuous air-water droplet sampling

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 170-178

  Osada, K ^a   Ueda, S ^a   Egashira, T ^b   Takami, A ^c   Kaneyasu, N ^d  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Tennouji Ku   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Gas particle partitioning; Microflow analysis; Short term variation

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLING; AIR STREAMS; AIR-WATER; ANALYTICAL SYSTEMS; ANNULAR DENUDERS; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; DENUDERS; FIELD TEST; FINE PARTICLES; FLUORESCENCE DETECTION; FLUORESCENT DETECTION; GAS-PARTICLE PARTITIONING; LIQUID PHASE ANALYSIS; MICRO-FLOW; MICROFLOW ANALYSIS; O-PHTHALALDEHYDE; PHASE PARTITIONING; SEMI-CONTINUOUS; SHORT-TERM VARIATION; WATER DROPLETS;

AMMONIA; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DROPS; FLUORESCENCE; LIQUIDS; PHOSPHORIC ACID;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

AEROSOL; AIR SAMPLING; AMMONIA; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; DROPLET; PARTICLE SIZE; SULFITE;

EID: 79953133824     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2010.11.0101     Document Type: Article

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