Wet deposition and scavenging efficiency of gaseous and particulate phase polycyclic aromatic compounds at a central European suburban site

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 25, 2011, Pages 4305-4312

  Škrdlíková, Lenka ^a   Landlová, Linda ^a   Klánová, Jana ^a   Lammel, Gerhard ^a,b  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

PAH; Rainwater pollution; Scavenging; Wet deposition

Indexed keywords

ACENAPHTHENE; ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATION; BENZO(B)FLUORANTHENE; CZECH REPUBLIC; DRY DEPOSITION; FLUORANTHENE; MASS SIZE DISTRIBUTION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; PRECIPITATION EVENTS; RAINWATER POLLUTION; SCAVENGING EFFICIENCY; SCAVENGING RATIOS; SUBURBAN SITES; VOLUME-WEIGHTED MEANS; WET DEPOSITION; WET DEPOSITION FLUX;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; HYDROCARBONS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ACENAPHTHENE DERIVATIVE; ANTHRACENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZO(B)FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; CHRYSENE; DIBENZ(AH)ANTHRACENE; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; INDENO(123CD)PYRENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; RAIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

PAH; PHENANTHRENE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PYRENE; RAINWATER; SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY); SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SUBURBAN AREA; WET DEPOSITION;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CZECH REPUBLIC; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAVENGING EFFICIENCY; SCAVENGING SYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUBURBAN AREA; SUMMER; WET DEPOSITION; WINTER;

BRNO; CZECH REPUBLIC; JIHOMORAVSKY;

EID: 79959528002     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.04.072     Document Type: Article

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