Outdoor and indoor aerosol size, number, mass and compositional dynamics at an urban background site during warm season

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 131, Issue , 2016, Pages 171-184

  Talbot, N ^a,b   Kubelova, L ^a,b   Makes, O ^a,b   Cusack, M ^a   Ondracek, J ^a   Vodicka P ^a   Schwarz, J ^a   Zdimal, V ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PROCESS FUNDAMENTALS   (Czech Republic)

^b Environmental Centre   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Composition; Dissociation; I O ratio; Nitrate

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DISSOCIATION; NITRATES; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT; TEMPERATURE; URBAN GROWTH;

HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; INCREASING TEMPERATURES; INDOOR CONCENTRATION; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; INPUT/OUTPUT MODELS; MASS CONCENTRATION; NEW PARTICLE FORMATION; PENETRATION RATIO;

AEROSOLS;

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM NITRATE; ORGANIC MATTER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; AEROSOL; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL PROPERTY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FILTER; INDOOR AIR; MASS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MIXING; NITRATE; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICLE SIZE; PENETRATION; SEASONALITY; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; URBAN AREA; VOLATILE ELEMENT; WARMING;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMIDITY; METEOROLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASON; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE; URBAN AREA; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 84957922687     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.01.055     Document Type: Article

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