Correlation of air quality data to ultrafine particles (UFP) concentration and size distribution in ambient air

Atmosphere

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-14

  Kwasny, Felicitas ^a   Madl, Pierre ^a   Hofmann, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Air quality monitoring; Particle number concentration; Particle size distribution; Ultrafine particles; Urban aerosols

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

AIR QUALITY MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL AUTHORITY; MEASUREMENT METHODS; PARTICLE NUMBER CONCENTRATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; REFERENCE VALUES; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE; URBAN AEROSOLS;

AIR QUALITY;

EID: 84869185714     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/atmos1010003     Document Type: Article

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