Overview of the impact of wood burning emissions on carbonaceous aerosols and PM in large parts of the alpine region

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 89, Issue , 2014, Pages 64-75

  Herich, H ^a   Gianini, M F D ^a   Piot, C ^b   Mocnik G ^c   Jaffrezo, J L ^b   Besombes, J L ^d   PrevOt A S H ^e   Hueglin, C ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c Aerosol doo   (Slovenia)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^e PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alpine region; Levoglucosan; Source apportionment; Wood burning

Indexed keywords

ALPINE REGIONS; AMBIENT CONCENTRATIONS; ATMOSPHERIC PARTICULATE MATTER; LEVOGLUCOSAN; PARTICULATE MATTER EMISSIONS; RESIDENTIAL WOOD BURNING; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; WOOD BURNING;

AEROSOLS; URBAN GROWTH;

WOOD;

ELEMENT; LEVOGLUCOSAN; ORGANIC CARBON;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; COMBUSTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; TRACER; TRAFFIC EMISSION; WOOD;

AEROSOL; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FIELD EMISSION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WINTER; WOOD; WOOD BURNING EMISSION;

AEROSOLS; COMBUSTION; WOOD;

EUROPE;

EID: 84896818264     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.02.008     Document Type: Article

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