Fast response sequential measurements and modelling of nanoparticles inside and outside a car cabin

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 71, Issue , 2013, Pages 364-375

  Joodatnia, Pouyan ^a   Kumar, Prashant ^a   Robins, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Car cabin exposure; Nanoparticles dispersion; Number and size distribution; Transformation processes; Ultrafine particles

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION MODELLING; CAR CABINS; DIFFERENTIAL MOBILITY SPECTROMETERS; FOUR-POINT MEASUREMENTS; PARTICLE NUMBER CONCENTRATION; PARTICLE TRANSFORMATION; TRANSFORMATION PROCESS; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

NANOPARTICLES;

NANOPARTICLE;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; AUTOMOBILE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISPERSION; GUIDELINE; HEALTH IMPACT; INDOOR AIR; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSFORMATION;

AIR ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; DILUTION; HUMIDITY; MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE NUMBER CONCENTRATION; PARTICLE NUMBER DISTRIBUTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROMETRY; TEMPERATURE; UNITED KINGDOM;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84875254460     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.02.028     Document Type: Article

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