Organic and elemental carbon associated to PM10 and PM2.5 at urban sites of northern Greece

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1769-1785

  Samara, Constantini ^a   Voutsa, Dimitra ^a   Kouras, Athanasios ^a   Eleftheriadis, Kostas ^b   Maggos, Thomas ^b   Saraga, D ^b   Petrakakis, M ^c  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY AND RADIATION PROTECTION   (Greece)

^c Environmental Department   (Greece)

Author keywords

Carbonaceous particles; Elemental carbon; Organic carbon; PM10 PM2.5; Secondary organic carbon; Urban aerosols

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIRE; GREECE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASON; STATISTICS; WOOD;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; BIOMASS; CARBON; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIRES; GREECE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONS; WOOD;

EID: 84895074119     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-013-2052-8     Document Type: Article

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