Vertical particle concentration profiles around urban office buildings

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 5017-5030

  Quang, T N ^a,b   He, C ^a   Morawska, L ^a   Knibbs, L D ^a   Falk, M ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INDOOR AIR; NUCLEATION; PARTICLE MOTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; TRAFFIC EMISSION; VENTILATION;

AUSTRALIA; BRISBANE; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84862017264     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-5017-2012     Document Type: Article

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