Variations in the OM/OC ratio of urban organic aerosol next to a major roadway

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1422-1433

  Brown, Steven G ^a,b   Lee, Taehyoung ^b   Roberts, Paul T ^a   Collett Jr , Jeffrey L ^b  

^a SONOMA TECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

^b Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; ORGANIC CARBON; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WASTE INCINERATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WIND;

AIR QUALITY MANAGERS; AMBIENT PARTICULATE MATTER; BIOMASS BURNING EMISSIONS; DAY-TO-DAY VARIABILITY; HIGH-TIME RESOLUTION; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION; TEMPERATURE INVERSIONS; WASTE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION;

AEROSOLS;

HYDROGEN; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN;

AIR MONITORING; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EXHAUST GAS; MASS SPECTROMETER; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL; TEMPERATURE; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; URBAN AREA; VELOCITY;

AEROSOLS; CITIES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PARTICULATE MATTER; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; WEATHER;

EID: 84888108708     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10962247.2013.826602     Document Type: Article

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