Application of mobile aerosol and trace gas measurements for the investigation of megacity air pollution emissions: The Paris metropolitan area

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 279-299

  Drewnick, F ^a   Crippa, M ^b,f   Prevot A S H ^b   Meleux, F ^c   Baltensperger, U ^b   Beekmann, M ^d   Borrmann, S ^a,e  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES INERIS   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE INTERUNIVERSITAIRE DES SYSTÈMES ATMOSPHÉRIQUES   (France)

^e JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DATA INTERPRETATION; DATA QUALITY; DATA SET; EMISSION INVENTORY; EUROPEAN UNION; MEGACITY; METROPOLITAN AREA; TRACE GAS; URBAN POLLUTION;

FRANCE; ILE DE FRANCE; PARIS; VILLE DE PARIS;

EID: 84893301254     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-7-279-2014     Document Type: Article

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