Traffic and nucleation events as main sources of ultrafine particles in high-insolation developed world cities

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 5929-5945

  Brines, M ^a,b   Dall'Osto, M ^c,d   Beddows, D C S ^d   Harrison, R M ^d,e   Gomez Moreno F ^f   Nunez L ^f   Artinano B ^f   Costabile, F ^g   Gobbi, G P ^g   Salimi, F ^h   Morawska, L ^h   Sioutas, C ⁱ   Querol, X ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^d University of Birmingham   (United Kingdom)

^e KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^f CSIC   (Spain)

^g CNR   (Italy)

^h QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

ⁱ University of Southern California Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; NUCLEATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN POLLUTION; WORLD CITY;

AUSTRALIA; BARCELONA [BARCELONA (PRV)]; BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; BRISBANE; CALIFORNIA; CATALONIA; ITALY; LAZIO; LOS ANGELES [CALIFORNIA]; MADRID [MADRID (ADS/PRV)]; MADRID [SPAIN]; QUEENSLAND; ROMA [LAZIO]; ROME; SPAIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84930966002     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-5929-2015     Document Type: Article

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