Receptor modelling of secondary and carbonaceous particulate matter at a southern UK site

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1879-1894

  Charron, A ^a   Degrendele, C ^a,d   Laongsri, B ^b   Harrison, R M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GUSTAVE EIFFEL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; CHLORIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MESOSCALE EDDY; NITRATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE MATTER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUBURBAN AREA; SULFATE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84874409464     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-1879-2013     Document Type: Article

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