Contribution of biomass burning to carbonaceous aerosols in Mexico city during may 2013

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 114-124

  Tzompa Sosa, Zitely A ^a   Sullivan, Amy P ^a   Retama, Armando ^b   Kreidenweis, Sonia M ^a  

^a Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^b Gobierno del Distrito Federal   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Air quality; Levoglucosan; Potassium; Water soluble organic carbon

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AIR QUALITY; ORGANIC CARBON; POTASSIUM;

AMBIENT CONCENTRATIONS; CARBONACEOUS AEROSOL; LEVOGLUCOSAN; MEXICO CITY METROPOLITAN AREAS; PHOTOCHEMICAL DEGRADATION; PRECIPITATION PATTERNS; WATER-SOLUBLE ORGANIC CARBON; WATER-SOLUBLE POTASSIUM;

BIOMASS;

AEROSOL; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); METROPOLITAN AREA; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POTASSIUM;

FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; MEXICO CITY; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84952783291     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2015.01.0030     Document Type: Article

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