The intrinsic fluorescence spectra of selected pollen and fungal spores

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 35, 2011, Pages 6451-6458

  O'Connor, David J ^a   Iacopino, Daniela ^b   Healy, David A ^a   O'Sullivan, Daniel ^a   Sodeau, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Fluorescence; Primary Biological Aerosol Particle

Indexed keywords

AEROALLERGENS; AMBIENT ENVIRONMENT; BIOLOGICAL AEROSOL; CHLOROPHYLL A; EMISSION SPECTRUMS; FLUORESCENCE PROPERTIES; FLUORESCENCE SIGNALS; FLUORESCENCE SPECTRA; FUNGAL SPORES; INTRINSIC FLUORESCENCE; LABORATORY STUDIES; NON-BIOLOGICAL PARTICLES; PCA ANALYSIS; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; RELATIVE INTENSITY RATIO; SPECTRAL FEATURE; SPECTROSCOPIC SIGNATURES; TAXUS BACCATA;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CHLOROPHYLL; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; FORESTRY; FUNGI;

FLUORESCENCE;

CHLOROPHYLL A;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL PROPERTY; AMBIENT AIR; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; FUNGUS; GRASS; POLLEN; SPORE;

AEROSOL; AGROSTIS; AGROSTIS STOLONIFERA; ALDER; ALNUS GLUTINOSA; ALTERN ARIAALTERNATA; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BETULA PENDULA; BETULACEAE; BIRCH; CLADOSPORIUM; CLADOSPORIUM CLADOSPORIOIDES; CLADOSPORIUM HERBARUM; FLUORESCENCE; FUNGUS SPORE; GRASS POLLEN; NONHUMAN; NORWAY SPRUCE; PENICILLIUM NOTATUM; POA; POA PRATENSIS; POLLEN; PRIMARY BIOLOGICAL AEROSOL PARTICLE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOTS PINE; SPECTROSCOPY; TAXUS BACCATA; URTICA DIOICA;

BETULACEAE; CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; POACEAE; TAXUS BACCATA;

EID: 80052961461     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.07.044     Document Type: Article

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