Urban background levels of particle number concentration and sources in Vilnius, Lithuania

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 143, Issue , 2014, Pages 279-292

  Byčenkiene, Steigvile ^a   Plauškaite, Kristina ^a   Dudoitis, Vadimas ^a   Ulevicius, Vidmantas ^a  

^a CENTER FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

CWT; Particle number concentration; Particle size distribution; PSCF

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; FOSSIL FUELS; HOUSING; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TRAJECTORIES;

BACKWARD TRAJECTORY; COMBUSTION PRO-CESS; NUMBER SIZE DISTRIBUTION; PARTICLE NUMBER CONCENTRATION; PSCF; REAL TIME MEASUREMENTS; RESIDENTIAL HEATING; TRAJECTORY CLUSTERING;

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

AEROSOL; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PARTICLE SIZE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

LITHUANIA; VILNIUS;

EID: 84896363658     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2014.02.019     Document Type: Article

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