Comparative study of ultrafine atmospheric aerosol within a city

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 92, Issue , 2014, Pages 154-161

  Salma, I ^a   Borsos T ^a   Nemeth Z ^a   Weidinger, T ^a   Aalto, P ^b   Kulmala, M ^b  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic impact; Diurnal variation; Nucleation strength factor; Particle number concentration; Particle number size distribution; Urban environment

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; NUCLEATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS; DIURNAL VARIATION; PARTICLE NUMBER CONCENTRATION; PARTICLE NUMBER SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STRENGTH FACTOR; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS;

URBAN GROWTH;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIURNAL VARIATION; NUCLEATION; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; ULTRAFILTRATION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; NUCLEATION STRENGTH FACTOR; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA; WORKING TIME;

BUDAPEST; HUNGARY;

EID: 84899149350     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.04.020     Document Type: Article

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