Influences of natural emission sources (wildfires and Saharan dust) on the urban organic aerosol in Barcelona (Western Mediterranean Basis) during a PM event

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 4159-4167

  van Drooge, Barend L ^a   Lopez, Jordi F ^a   Grimalt, Joan O ^a  

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

Author keywords

Barcelona; Biomass combustion; Hydrocarbons; PM10; Saharan dust

Indexed keywords

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; COMBUSTION; DUST; FOSSIL FUEL; HYDROCARBON; PARTICULATE MATTER; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; WILDFIRE;

AEROSOL; AFRICA; AIR; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIRE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASON; SPAIN; STATISTICS;

AEROSOLS; AFRICA, NORTHERN; AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERE; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIRES; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SEASONS; SPAIN;

BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; IBERIAN PENINSULA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SAHARA; SPAIN;

EID: 84867098171     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-012-0890-4     Document Type: Article

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