On the construction, comparison, and variability of airsheds for interpreting semivolatile organic compounds in passively sampled air

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 8850-8857

  Westgate, John N ^a   Wania, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CONCENTRATIONS; AIR MASS ORIGIN; ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION; BACK TRAJECTORIES; DEPLOYMENT TIME; END POINTS; GEODESIC GRID; INDIVIDUAL CELLS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; KEY CHARACTERISTICS; LONG-TERM TREND; PASSIVE AIR SAMPLER; POTENTIAL CONTAMINANTS; POTENTIAL SOURCES; SEASONALITY; SEMI-VOLATILE ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS; SEMIVOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SIMPLE METHOD; STATIC MODEL; TIME-PERIODS;

TRAJECTORIES;

IMPURITIES;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR MASS; AIR SAMPLING; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GEODESY; LATITUDE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SEASONALITY; TREND ANALYSIS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR SAMPLING; AIRSHED; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CONSTRUCTION WORK; EARTHQUAKE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 80054707874     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es202490b     Document Type: Article

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