Application of 14C analyses to source apportionment of carbonaceous PM2.5 in the UK

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 2341-2348

  Heal, Mathew R ^a   Naysmith, Philip ^b   Cook, Gordon T ^b   Xu, Sheng ^b   Duran, Teresa Raventós ^c,d   Harrison, Roy M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d LABORATOIRE INTERUNIVERSITAIRE DES SYSTÈMES ATMOSPHÉRIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

BVOC; Carbon 14; Particulate mater; PM2.5; SOA; Source apportionment

Indexed keywords

BVOC; CARBON-14; PARTICULATE MATER; PM2.5; SOA; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COMBUSTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ORGANIC CARBON;

CARBON; CARBON 14;

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; AEROSOL FORMATION; AIR MASS; AIR SAMPLING; BIOGENIC EMISSION; BIOMASS BURNING; CARBON ISOTOPE; COMBUSTION; DATA SET; DETRITUS; FOSSIL FUEL; GRAPHITIZATION; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; MASS BALANCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE MATTER; RADIONUCLIDE; SAMPLER; TIRE; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

BIRMINGHAM [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79953272831     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.02.029     Document Type: Article

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