Source apportionment of submicron organic aerosol at an urban background and a road site in Barcelona (Spain) during SAPUSS

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 10353-10371

  Alier, M ^a   Van Drooge, B L ^a   Dall'Osto, M ^a,b   Querol, X ^a   Grimalt, J O ^a   Tauler, R ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AIR MASS; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOMASS BURNING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION INVENTORY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIC MATTER; PARAMETERIZATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POINT SOURCE; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

BARCELONA [BARCELONA (PRV)]; BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; SPAIN;

EID: 84886540006     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-10353-2013     Document Type: Article

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