Sources and chemical characterization of organic aerosol during the summer in the eastern Mediterranean

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 19, 2015, Pages 11355-11371

  Kostenidou, E ^a,b   Florou, K ^a,b   Kaltsonoudis, C ^a,b   Tsiflikiotou, M ^a,b   Vratolis, S ^c   Eleftheriadis, K ^c   Pandis, S N ^a,b,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c Thermal Hydraulics and Multiphase Flows Laboratory Institute of Nuclear and Radiological Sciences and Technology Energy and Safety NCSR Demokritos   (Greece)

^d CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; BLACK CARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SUMMER;

ACHAEA; ATHENS [ATTICA]; ATTICA; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PATRAS; WESTERN GREECE;

EID: 84944350894     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-11355-2015     Document Type: Article

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