Estimation of unidentified non-methane hydrocarbons in urban air based on highly correlated compound pairs

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 98, Issue , 2014, Pages 629-639

  de Blas, Maite ^a   Gómez, Maria Carmen ^a   Navazo, Marino ^a   Alonso, Lucio ^a   Durana, Nieves ^a   Iza, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atmospheric reactivity; Non methane hydrocarbons; Ozone precursors; Urban air quality

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; GAS GENERATORS; IONIZATION OF GASES; METHANE; MIXING; OZONE;

1 ,2 ,3-TRIMETHYLBENZENE; 2 ,2 ,4-TRIMETHYLPENTANE; FLAME IONIZATION DETECTORS; MASS SPECTROMETER DETECTORS; NON-METHANE HYDROCARBONS; OZONE PRECURSORS; OZONE-FORMING POTENTIAL; URBAN AIR QUALITY;

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY;

HYDROCARBON; NONMETHANE HYDROCARBON; OZONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CORRELATION; DATA SET; DATABASE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTIMATION METHOD; HYDROCARBON; METHANE; MIXING RATIO; OZONE; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; AIR QUALITY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; RELIABILITY; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84907256459     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.09.041     Document Type: Article

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