Number and size distribution of airborne nanoparticles during summertime in Kuwait: First observations from the middle east

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 13634-13643

  Al Dabbous, Abdullah N ^a   Kumar, Prashant ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; DUST; NITROGEN OXIDES; ROADSIDES; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

AIRBORNE NANOPARTICLES; CYCLIC VARIATIONS; DISPERSION CHARACTERISTICS; GEOMETRIC MEAN DIAMETERS; INVERSE RELATIONSHIP; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENTS; SIZE-RESOLVED PARTICLES;

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

CARBON MONOXIDE; NANOPARTICLE; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYGEN; SULFUR DIOXIDE; AIR POLLUTANT; DUST; PARTICULATE MATTER;

DISPERSION; DIURNAL VARIATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NUCLEATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SUMMER;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EUROPEAN; FRACTIONATION; GEOMETRIC MEAN DIAMETER; GEOMETRY; KUWAIT; METEOROLOGY; MIDDLE EAST; PARTICLE NUMBER CONCENTRATION; PARTICLE NUMBER DISTRIBUTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MOTOR VEHICLE; PROCEDURES; TEMPERATURE;

KUWAIT [MIDDLE EAST];

AIR POLLUTANTS; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; KUWAIT; MOTOR VEHICLES; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84918824337     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es505175u     Document Type: Article

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