Two years of near real-time chemical composition of submicron aerosols in the region of Paris using an Aerosol Chemical Speciation Monitor (ACSM) and a multi-wavelength Aethalometer

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 2985-3005

  Petit, J E ^a,b,e   Favez, O ^a   Sciare, J ^b   Crenn, V ^b   Sarda Esteve R ^b   Bonnaire, N ^b   Mocnik G ^c   Dupont, J C ^d   Haeffelin, M ^d   Leoz Garziandia, E ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES INERIS   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c Aerosol doo   (Slovenia)

^d ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^e Air Lorraine   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; BLACK CARBON; COMBUSTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; REAL TIME; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TEMPORAL VARIATION;

FRANCE; ILE DE FRANCE; PARIS; VILLE DE PARIS;

EID: 84925004731     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-2985-2015     Document Type: Article

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