Chemical composition of size-resolved particulate matter at near-freeway and urban background sites in the greater Beirut area

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 80, Issue , 2013, Pages 96-106

  Daher, Nancy ^a   Saliba, Najat A ^b   Shihadeh, Alan L ^b   Jaafar, Malek ^b   Baalbaki, Rima ^b   Sioutas, Constantinos ^a  

^a Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering ^*  (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Beirut; Freeway site; Mass closure; Organic speciation; Size resolved particulate matter; Urban site

Indexed keywords

LOCATION; ORGANIC CARBON; PARAFFINS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; ROADSIDES;

BEIRUT; MASS CLOSURE; ORGANIC SPECIATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; URBAN SITE;

URBAN GROWTH;

ORGANIC CARBON; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PARTICULATE MATTER; ROAD TRANSPORT; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN AREA;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COASTAL PLAIN; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA;

BEIRUT; BEYROUTH; LEBANON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84882982723     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.08.004     Document Type: Article

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