Is vehicular emission a significant contributor to ammonia in the urban atmosphere?

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 80, Issue , 2013, Pages 499-506

  Yao, Xiaohong ^a,b   Hu, Qingjing ^a   Zhang, Leiming ^c   Evans, Greg J ^b   Godri, Krystal J ^b   Ng, Andy C ^d  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Black carbon; Emission sources; GP IC measurement; Nitrogen monoxide; Traffic emission

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AMMONIA; BLACK CARBON; EMISSION SOURCES; NITROGEN MONOXIDE; TRAFFIC COMPOSITIONS; TRAFFIC DENSITIES; TRAFFIC EMISSIONS; VEHICULAR EMISSION;

AMMONIA; MIXING; ROADS AND STREETS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

VEHICLES;

AMMONIA; BLACK CARBON;

AMMONIA; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BLACK CARBON; EMISSION INVENTORY; MIXING RATIO; NITRIC OXIDE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; TRACER; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CANADA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EXHAUST GAS; HIGHWAY; PLUME DISPERSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TORONTO;

EID: 84884136538     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.08.028     Document Type: Article

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