Better constraints on sources of carbonaceous aerosols using a combined 14C-macro tracer analysis in a European rural background site

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 5685-5700

  Gilardoni, S ^a   Vignati, E ^a   Cavalli, F ^a   Putaud, J P ^a   Larsen, B R ^a   Karl, M ^b   StenstrAm K ^c   Genberg, J ^c   Henne, S ^d   Dentener, F ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIOMASS BURNING; FOSSIL FUEL; PARTICULATE MATTER; TRACER; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ITALY; PO VALLEY;

EID: 79959937206     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-5685-2011     Document Type: Article

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