Correlations between black carbon mass and size-resolved particle number concentrations in the Taipei urban area: A five-year long-term observation

Atmospheric Pollution Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 62-72

  Cheng, Yu Hsiang ^a   Kao, Yu Yun ^a   Liu, Jyh Jian ^b  

^a MING CHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b Environmental Protection Administration Taiwan   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Black carbon; Particle number; Photochemical nucleation; Taipei

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891375575     PISSN: 13091042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5094/APR.2014.008     Document Type: Article

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