Spatial-temporal variations of particle number concentrations between a busy street and the urban background

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 79, Issue , 2013, Pages 324-333

  Dos Santos Juusela, Vanessa ^a   Petäjä, Tuukka ^a   Kousa, Anu ^b   Hämeri, Kaarle ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HSY Helsinki Region Environmental Services Authority   (Finland)

^c FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Helsinki; Particle number; Particulate matter; Spatial variations; Street canyon; Ultrafine particles

Indexed keywords

HELSINKI; PARTICLE NUMBERS; PARTICULATE MATTER; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; STREET CANYON; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; WIND EFFECTS;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH IMPACT; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STREET CANYON; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; VORTICITY; WIND VELOCITY;

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISPERSION; MICROENVIRONMENT; MOLECULE; PARTICLE NUMBER CONCENTRATION; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; URBAN AREA; VELOCITY; WIND;

FINLAND; HELSINKI; VARSINAIS-SUOMI;

EID: 84880944516     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.05.077     Document Type: Article

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