Volatile organic compounds in suburban Ankara atmosphere, Turkey: Sources and variability

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 120-121, Issue , 2013, Pages 298-311

  Yurdakul, Sema ^a   Civan, Mihriban ^a,b   Tuncel, Gürdal ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Evaporative emissions; PMF; Suburban atmosphere; Vehicle emissions; VOC

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; EVAPORATIVE EMISSION; PMF; POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION; SEASONAL DIFFERENCES; SOLVENT EVAPORATION; SOURCE CONTRIBUTIONS; VEHICLE EMISSION;

BENZENE; ETHYLBENZENE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; XYLENE;

ORGANIC SOLVENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BENZENE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); SUBURBAN AREA; TOLUENE; TRAFFIC EMISSION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANKARA [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

EID: 84878479683     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2012.09.015     Document Type: Article

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