Using atmospheric measurements of PAH and quinone compounds at roadside and urban background sites to assess sources and reactivity

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 77, Issue , 2013, Pages 24-35

  Alam, Mohammed S ^a   Delgado Saborit, Juana Maria ^a   Stark, Christopher ^a   Harrison, Roy M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Diagnostic ratio; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon; Quinone; Reactivity

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; DIAGNOSTIC RATIOS; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT COMPOUNDS; PAH DIAGNOSTIC RATIOS; PETROLEUM COMBUSTION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON (PAH); QUINONE; RELATIVE REACTIVITIES;

COAL COMBUSTION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; REACTIVITY (NUCLEAR); ROADSIDES;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

COAL; PETROLEUM; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; QUINONE DERIVATIVE;

BIOMASS BURNING; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PAH; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; SUBURBAN AREA; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN SITE;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EXHAUST GAS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA;

BIRMINGHAM [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84878219486     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.04.068     Document Type: Article

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