A one-year comprehensive chemical characterisation of fine aerosol (PM2.5) at urban, suburban and rural background sites in the region of Paris (France)

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 7825-7844

  Bressi, M ^a,b   Sciare, J ^a   Ghersi, V ^c   Bonnaire, N ^a   Nicolas, J B ^a,b   Petit, J E ^a   Moukhtar, S ^c   Rosso, A ^c   Mihalopoulos, N ^d   Feron A ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b ADEME   (France)

^c AIRPARIF   (France)

^d ECPL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PARTICLE SIZE; SEASONAL VARIATION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

FRANCE; ILE DE FRANCE; PARIS; VILLE DE PARIS;

EID: 84882345955     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-7825-2013     Document Type: Article

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