Contribution of the road traffic to air pollution in the Prague city (busy speedway and suburban crossroads)

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 29, 2011, Pages 5090-5100

  Ondracek J ^a   Schwarz, J ^a   Zdimal V ^a   Andelova L ^a   Vodicka P ^a   Bizek V ^b   Tsai, C J ^c   Chen, S C ^c   Smolik J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PROCESS FUNDAMENTALS   (Czech Republic)

^b Technology Centre ASCR   (Czech Republic)

^c NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chemical composition; Number and mass size distribution; Road traffic aerosol

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PARTICLES; AEROSOL SAMPLES; AEROSOL SPECTROMETERS; BACKGROUND AEROSOL; CARBON CONCENTRATIONS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; COARSE FRACTIONS; DIESEL ENGINE EMISSIONS; ELEMENTAL CARBON CONCENTRATION; EXHAUST EMISSION; FINE FRACTION; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MAJOR ELEMENTS; MASS DISTRIBUTION; MASS SIZE DISTRIBUTION; MEASUREMENT CAMPAIGN; RE-SUSPENSION; ROAD DUSTS; ROAD TRAFFIC; ROAD TRAFFIC AEROSOL; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT; SIZE RANGES; TRAFFIC INTENSITY; TRAFFIC-RELATED; ULTRAFINE; WATER-SOLUBLE IONS;

ABRASION; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CHEMICALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DIESEL ENGINES; DUST; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY; IONS; MANGANESE; ORGANIC CARBON; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT; SIZE DETERMINATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROMETRY;

ROADS AND STREETS;

ALUMINUM; CALCIUM; CARBON; CATION; COPPER; ION; IRON; MANGANESE; ORGANIC CARBON; POTASSIUM; SILICON;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BACKGROUND LEVEL; CALCIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIESEL ENGINE; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOTORWAY; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE; POTASSIUM; RESUSPENSION; ROAD TRANSPORT; SILICON; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPECTROMETER; SUBURBAN AREA; TRACE METAL; TRAFFIC EMISSION; VEHICLE COMPONENT;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CZECHOSLOVAKIA; DIESEL ENGINE; DUST; EXHAUST GAS; INFORMATION; INSTRUMENTATION; ION PAIR CHROMATOGRAPHY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROMETER; SUBURBAN AREA; TRAFFIC;

CZECH REPUBLIC; PRAGUE;

EID: 79960834798     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.06.036     Document Type: Article

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