Contributions of biomass/biofuel burning to organic aerosols and particulate matter in Tanzania, East Africa, based on analyses of ionic species, organic and elemental carbon, levoglucosan and mannosan

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 10325-10338

  Mkoma, S L ^a,b   Kawamura, K ^a   Fu, P Q ^a,c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^c INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; BIOFUEL; BIOMASS BURNING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); IONIC COMPOSITION; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE;

TANZANIA;

EID: 84886679396     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-10325-2013     Document Type: Article

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