Urban aerosol size distributions over the Mediterranean city of Barcelona, NE Spain

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 10693-10707

  Dall'Osto, M ^a   Beddows, D C S ^b   Pey, J ^a   Rodriguez, S ^c,d   Alastuey, A ^a   M Harrison, Roy ^b,e   Querol, X ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^d CSIC   (Spain)

^e KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); NUCLEATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; SPAIN;

EID: 84866873949     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-10693-2012     Document Type: Article

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