Rapid physical and chemical transformation of traffic–related atmospheric particles near a highway

Atmospheric Pollution Research

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 662-672

  Jeong, Cheol–Heon ^a   Evans, Greg J ^a   Healy, Robert M ^a   Jadidian, Parnian ^a   Wentzell, Jeremy ^b   Liggio, John ^b   Brook, Jeffrey R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Near road; Non volatile particles; Single particle analysis; Spatial variation; Traffic related air pollutant

Indexed keywords

EID: 84936750935     PISSN: 13091042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5094/APR.2015.075     Document Type: Article

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