Measurement of particle number and related pollutant concentrations in an urban area in South Brazil

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 70, Issue , 2013, Pages 254-262

  Agudelo Castaneda D M ^a   Teixeira, E C ^a,b   Rolim, S B A ^a   Pereira, F N ^b   Wiegand, F ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b Fundacao Estadual de Protecao Ambiental Henrique Luis Roessler   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Air quality; Nitrogen oxides; Ozone; Particle number

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLES; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAILY VARIATIONS; FINE AND ULTRAFINE PARTICLES; FINE PARTICLES; INVERSE RELATIONSHIP; MEASUREMENT OF PARTICLES; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; METROPOLITAN AREA; OZONE ANALYZERS; PARTICLE NUMBER CONCENTRATION; PARTICLE NUMBERS; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION; SIZE RANGES; TRAFFIC FLOW; URBAN AREAS; VEHICULAR EMISSION; WIND SPEED;

AIR QUALITY; OZONE; PHOTOLYSIS; POLLUTION; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN;

NITROGEN OXIDES;

NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDE; OZONE;

AIR QUALITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); METROPOLITAN AREA; NITRIC OXIDE; OXIDATION; OZONE; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOLYSIS; PHOTOMETER; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SOLAR RADIATION; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN AREA; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT; HUMIDITY; METEOROLOGY; MOTOR VEHICLE; OXIDATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTOLYSIS; PHOTOMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA;

BRAZIL; PORTO ALEGRE; RIO GRANDE DO SUL;

EID: 84873743564     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.01.029     Document Type: Article

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