Concentrations of selected volatile organic compounds at kerbside and background sites in central London

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 95, Issue , 2014, Pages 456-467

  Valach, A C ^a   Langford, B ^b   Nemitz, E ^b   MacKenzie, A R ^c   Hewitt, C N ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automatic hydrocarbon network; ClearfLo; London; Mixing ratio; Proton transfer reaction mass spectrometer; Volatile organic compound

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROCARBONS; MASS SPECTROMETERS; PROTON TRANSFER;

CLEARFLO; FLAME IONIZATION DETECTORS; GROUND LEVEL CONCENTRATIONS; INTENSIVE OBSERVATION PERIODS; ISOBARIC INTERFERENCES; LONDON; MIXING RATIOS; URBAN BACKGROUND;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ACETAL; ACETONE; BENZENE; CYCLOALKANE; ISOPRENE; NITRILE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; INSTRUMENTATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MIXING RATIO; POLLUTANT SOURCE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMIDITY; IONIZATION; KERBSIDE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MASS SPECTROMETER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA; WINTER;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84903777368     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.06.052     Document Type: Article

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