Effect of wind on the chemical uptake kinetics of a passive air sampler

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 7868-7875

  Zhang, Xianming ^a   Brown, Trevor N ^a   Ansari, Amer ^a   Yeun, Beom ^a   Kitaoka, Ken ^b   Kondo, Akira ^b   Lei, Ying D ^a   Wania, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SILICA;

AIR CONCENTRATIONS; INDOOR CONDITIONS; LOGARITHMIC FUNCTIONS; PASSIVE AIR SAMPLER; PASSIVE SAMPLING; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); POLYURETHANE FOAM; WINDY CONDITIONS;

WIND EFFECTS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYURETHAN FOAM; SILICA GEL; AIR POLLUTANT;

CYLINDER; NUMERICAL MODEL; PCB; REACTION KINETICS; SAMPLING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WIND VELOCITY;

AIR SAMPLER; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); KINETICS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; PASSIVE AIR SAMPLER; VELOCITY; WATER TRANSPORT; WATER VAPOR; WIND; AIR; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL;

AIR; AIR POLLUTANTS; KINETICS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; QUALITY CONTROL; WIND;

EID: 84880559804     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es401486f     Document Type: Article

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