Atmospheric behaviour of particulate oxalate at UK urban background and rural sites

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 71, Issue , 2013, Pages 319-326

  Laongsri, Bunthoon ^a   Harrison, Roy M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Oxalate; Regional pollution; Secondary organic aerosol

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS BACK TRAJECTORIES; AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; OXALATE; REGIONAL POLLUTION; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOLS; SECONDARY ORGANIC CARBON; SIMULTANEOUS SAMPLING; URBAN AND RURAL SITES;

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; NITRATES; ORGANIC ACIDS; OXALIC ACID; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

URBAN GROWTH;

CHLORIDE; NITRATE; ORGANIC CARBON; OXALIC ACID; SULFATE;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL FORMATION; AIR MASS; AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BACKGROUND LEVEL; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); NITRATE; OXALATE; OXALIC ACID; RURAL AREA; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SMOKE; SULFATE; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN AREA;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); MEASUREMENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SAMPLING; TRAFFIC; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84875277042     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.02.015     Document Type: Article

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