Summer ammonia measurements in a densely populated Mediterranean city

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 7557-7575

  Pandolfi, M ^a   Amato, F ^b   Reche, C ^a   Alastuey, A ^a   Otjes, R P ^b   Blom, M J ^b   Querol, X ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); NITRATE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; SULFATE; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

BARCELONA [BARCELONA (PRV)]; BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; SPAIN;

EID: 84865410192     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-7557-2012     Document Type: Article

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