Simplifying aerosol size distributions modes simultaneously detected at four monitoring sites during SAPUSS

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2973-2986

  Brines, M ^a,b   Dall'Osto, M ^a,e   Beddows, D C S ^c   Harrison, R M ^c,d   Querol, X ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c National Centre for Atmospheric Science Division of Environmental Health Risk Management School of Geography Earth and Environmental Sciences University of Birmingham ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^e INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PARTICLE SIZE; SEA BREEZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN AREA; URBAN POLLUTION;

BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; SPAIN;

EID: 84896960587     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-2973-2014     Document Type: Article

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