Carbonaceous PM2.5 and secondary organic aerosol across the Veneto region (NE Italy)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 542, Issue , 2016, Pages 172-181

  Khan, Md Badiuzzaman ^a   Masiol, Mauro ^b   Formenton, Gianni ^c   Di Gilio, Alessia ^d,e   de Gennaro, Gianluigi ^d,e   Agostinelli, Claudio ^a   Pavoni, Bruno ^a  

^a CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c Azienda Regionale Per la Prevenzione e Protezione Ambientale del Veneto (ARPAV)   (Italy)

^d Agenzia Regionale per la Prevenzione e la Protezione Ambientale Puglia   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Elemental carbon; Long range transport; Meteorological factors; Organic carbon; PM2.5; Po valley; Secondary organic aerosol

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WIND;

ELEMENTAL CARBON; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; PO VALLEY; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOLS;

ORGANIC CARBON;

CARBON; ORGANIC CARBON;

ACCUMULATION; AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONAL VARIATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADSORPTION; AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EXHAUST GAS; ITALY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; VELOCITY; WIND; WINTER;

ITALY; VENETO;

EID: 84945909946     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.10.103     Document Type: Article

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