Organic molecular markers and signature from wood combustion particles in winter ambient aerosols: Aerosol mass spectrometer (AMS) and high time-resolved GC-MS measurements in Augsburg, Germany

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 6113-6128

  Elsasser, M ^a,b   Crippa, M ^c   Orasche, J ^a,d   Decarlo, P F ^c,g   Oster, M ^a,b   Pitz, M ^a,e   Cyrys, J ^a,e   Gustafson, T L ^f   Pettersson, J B C ^f   Schnelle Kreis, J ^a   Prevot A S H ^c   Zimmermann, R ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^g Drexel University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; COMBUSTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENETIC MARKER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITRATE; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE; WOOD;

AUGSBURG; BAVARIA; GERMANY;

EID: 84864198525     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-6113-2012     Document Type: Article

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