Vertical and temporal variations of black carbon in New Zealand urban areas during winter

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 75, Issue , 2013, Pages 179-187

  Trompetter, W J ^a   Grange, S K ^a,b   Davy, P K ^a   Ancelet, T ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Black carbon; Meteorology; Particulate matter; Vertical profiles

Indexed keywords

BLACK CARBON; INVERSION CONDITIONS; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PARTICULATE MATTER POLLUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VERTICAL PROFILE; VERTICAL TEMPERATURE;

AIR POLLUTION; BOUNDARY LAYERS; METEOROLOGY;

COMBUSTION;

BLACK CARBON;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BLACK CARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION; HEATING; METEOROLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TOPOGRAPHY; URBAN AREA; URBAN POLLUTION; WINTER;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; METEOROLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; URBAN AREA; VERTICAL TEMPERATURE; WINTER;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 84877907775     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.04.036     Document Type: Article

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