Assessment of the contribution from wood burning to the PM10 aerosol in Flanders, Belgium

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 437, Issue , 2012, Pages 226-236

  Maenhaut, Willy ^a,b   Vermeylen, Reinhilde ^b   Claeys, Magda ^b   Vercauteren, Jordy ^c   Matheeussen, Christina ^c   Roekens, Edward ^c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c Vlaamse Milieumaatschappij   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Levoglucosan; Monosaccharide anhydrides; Organic carbon; PM10 mass; Wood burning

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL SAMPLES; ANNUAL AVERAGE; ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION; BELGIUM; BIOMASS-BURNING; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; FLANDERS; GALACTOSAN; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY/MASS SPECTROMETRY; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; IN-LINE; LEVOGLUCOSAN; MASS CONCENTRATION; MECHELEN; MONITORING SITES; MONOSACCHARIDE ANHYDRIDES; NORTH SEA; ORGANIC AND ELEMENTAL CARBON; PARALLEL SAMPLES; PM10 MASS; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; URBAN BACKGROUND; WOOD BURNING;

AEROSOLS; GLUCOSE; ORGANIC CARBON; SOFTWOODS;

HARDWOODS;

CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE; GALACTOSAN; LEVOGLUCOSAN; MANNOSAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROSOL; ANHYDRITE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOMASS BURNING; MONOSACCHARIDE; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONAL VARIATION; WOOD;

AEROSOL; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRESCRIBED BURNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; WINTER; WOOD;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTION; BELGIUM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GLUCOSE; MONOSACCHARIDES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONS; WOOD;

AEROSOLS; ANHYDRIDES; CARBON; COMBUSTION; GLUCOSE; HARDWOODS; MONOSACCHARIDES; SOFTWOODS; WOOD;

BELGIUM; FLANDERS;

EID: 84865537401     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.08.015     Document Type: Article

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