Twenty years of continuous high time resolution volatile organic compound monitoring in the United Kingdom from 1993 to 2012

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 99, Issue , 2014, Pages 239-247

  Derwent, R G ^a   Dernie, J I R ^b   Dollard, G J ^b   Dumitrean, P ^b   Mitchell, R F ^b   Murrells, T P ^b   Telling, S P ^b   Field, R A ^c  

^a RDSCIENTIFIC   (United Kingdom)

^b RICARDO UK LTD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrocarbons; Monitoring; VOC emission inventories; VOCs

Indexed keywords

MONITORING;

HIGH-TIME RESOLUTION; UNITED KINGDOM; VOC EMISSIONS; VOCS;

HYDROCARBONS;

ALKANE; ALKENE DERIVATIVE; ALKYNE DERIVATIVE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; HYDROCARBON; ISOPRENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BACKGROUND LEVEL; EMISSION INVENTORY; POLLUTION MONITORING; RURAL AREA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR QUALITY STANDARD; ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXHAUST GAS; MEASUREMENT PRECISION; RURAL AREA; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84907995533     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.10.001     Document Type: Article

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