Importance of monoterpenes and isoprene in urban air in northern Europe

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 59, Issue , 2012, Pages 59-66

  Hellen H ^a   Tykka T ^a   Hakola, H ^a  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Air quality; BVOCs; Isoprene; Monoterpenes; Receptor modeling; Urban air

Indexed keywords

BVOCS; ISOPRENE; MONOTERPENES; RECEPTOR MODELING; URBAN AIR;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

AIR QUALITY;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BIOGENIC AMINE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; ISOPRENE; TERPENE;

AIR MASS; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIOGENIC EMISSION; BIOMASS BURNING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; ISOPRENE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MONOTERPENE; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; FINLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPRING; SUMMER; URBAN AREA; WINTER;

FINLAND; HELSINKI; VARSINAIS-SUOMI;

EID: 84863199550     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.04.049     Document Type: Article

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