Burning of olive tree branches: A major organic aerosol source in the Mediterranean

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 8797-8811

  Kostenidou, E ^a   Kaltsonoudis, C ^a,b   Tsiflikiotou, M ^a,b   Louvaris, E ^a,b   Russell, L M ^d   Pandis, S N ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL FORMATION; BLACK CARBON; BURNING; CHLORIDE; NITRATE; OXYGEN; PARTICULATE MATTER; POTASSIUM; SULFATE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84883583954     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-8797-2013     Document Type: Article

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