Spatial and seasonal variability of carbonaceous aerosol across Italy

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 99, Issue , 2014, Pages 587-598

  Sandrini, Silvia ^a   Fuzzi, Sandro ^a   Piazzalunga, Andrea ^b   Prati, Paolo ^c   Bonasoni, Paolo ^a   Cavalli, Fabrizia ^d   Bove, Maria Chiara ^c   Calvello, Mariarosaria ^e   Cappelletti, David ^f   Colombi, Cristina ^g   Contini, Daniele ^e   de Gennaro, Gianluigi ^h   Di Gilio, Alessia ^h   Fermo, Paola ⁱ   Ferrero, Luca ^b   Gianelle, Vorne ^g   Giugliano, Michele ^j   Ielpo, Pierina ^e,k   Lonati, Giovanni ^j   Marinoni, Angela ^a   Massabò, Dario ^c   Molteni, Ugo ⁱ   Moroni, Beatrice ^f   Pavese, Giulia ^e   Perrino, Cinzia ^l   Perrone, Maria Grazia ^b   Perrone, Maria Rita ^m   Putaud, Jean Philippe ^d   Sargolini, Tiziana ^l   Vecchi, Roberta ⁱ   Gilardoni, Stefania ^a   more..

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^d EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

^e CNR   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^g Regional Centre for Air Quality Monitoring   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^j POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^k WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^l CNR Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research   (Italy)

^m UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Elemental carbon; OC EC ratio; Organic carbon; Particulate matter; SOA

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; LANDFORMS; LOCATION; ORGANIC CARBON; RURAL AREAS;

AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; CARBONACEOUS AEROSOL; ELEMENTAL CARBON; OC/EC RATIO; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS; RESIDENTIAL HEATING; SEASONAL VARIABILITY;

URBAN GROWTH;

CARBON; ELEMENTAL CARBON; ORGANIC CARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; BIOMASS BURNING; BOUNDARY LAYER; CARBON; ORGANIC CARBON; RURAL ATMOSPHERE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ITALY; METEOROLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL; SUMMER; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA; WINTER;

ITALIAN PENINSULA; ITALY;

EID: 84908617910     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.10.032     Document Type: Article

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