Influence of local and regional sources on the observed spatial and temporal variability of size resolved atmospheric aerosol mass concentrations and water-soluble species in the Athens metropolitan area

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 97, Issue , 2014, Pages 252-261

  Eleftheriadis, Konstantinos ^a   Ochsenkuhn, Klaus M ^b   Lymperopoulou, Theopisti ^b   Karanasiou, Angeliki ^a,c   Razos, Panayiotis ^b   Ochsenkuhn Petropoulou, Maria ^b  

^a Biomolecular Physics Laboratory   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

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

Author keywords

Ammonium sulphate; Calcium carbonate; Spatial variability; Urban aerosol size distribution

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; IONS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

AEROSOL MASS CONCENTRATION; AMMONIUM SULPHATE; BIMODAL SIZE DISTRIBUTION; DIRECTIONAL DEPENDENCE; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; URBAN AEROSOLS; WATER-SOLUBLE IONIC SPECIES; METROPOLITAN AREA; REGIONAL SOURCES; WATER-SOLUBLE SPECIES;

URBAN GROWTH; CALCIUM CARBONATE;

AMMONIA; ANION; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CATION; SULFATE; AMMONIUM CHLORATE; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; CALCIUM; MAGNESIUM ION; NITRATE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; INORGANIC COMPOUND; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY; METROPOLITAN AREA; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN POLLUTION;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GREECE; INDUSTRIAL AREA; ION PAIR CHROMATOGRAPHY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES; SUBURBAN AREA; WATER TSOLUBLE SPECIES; ATMOSPHERE; HUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; SOIL; SOLUBILITY; URBAN AREA;

ATHENS [ATTICA]; ATTICA; GREECE;

EID: 84906069684     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.08.013     Document Type: Article

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