Isotope-Based Source Apportionment of EC Aerosol Particles during Winter High-Pollution Events at the Zeppelin Observatory, Svalbard

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 19, 2015, Pages 11959-11966

  Winiger, Patrik ^a   Andersson, August ^a   Yttri, Karl E ^b   Tunved, Peter ^a   Gustafsson, Örjan ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; BIOMASS; GAS EMISSIONS; ISOTOPES; OBSERVATORIES; POLLUTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AEROSOL PARTICLES; ARCTIC ATMOSPHERE; BLACK CARBON AEROSOL; EMISSION INVENTORIES; SHIFTING EMISSION; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; SOURCE DIAGNOSTICS; STABLE CARBON ISOTOPES;

AIRSHIPS;

BLACK CARBON; CADMIUM; CARBON; CARBON 13; CARBON 14; CIGARETTE SMOKE; ELEMENT; ELEMENTAL CARBON; FOSSIL FUEL; ISOTOPE; LEAD; LEVOGLUCOSAN; MANGANESE; POTASSIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANADIUM; AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; BLACK CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPE; EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSION INVENTORY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION MONITORING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STABLE ISOTOPE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WARMING; WINTER;

ABSORPTION; AEROSOL PARTICLE; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR AND AIR RELATED PHENOMENA; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMBUSTION; HAZE; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PARTICULATE MATTER; SPRING; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN; WINTER; AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; ARCTIC; SEASON;

ARCTIC; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN; ZEPPELIN STATION;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ARCTIC REGIONS; CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPES; SEASONS; SVALBARD;

EID: 84943514620     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b02644     Document Type: Article

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