AIRUSE-LIFE+: A harmonized PM speciation and source apportionment in five southern European cities

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 3289-3309

  Amato, Fulvio ^a   Alastuey, Andrés ^a   Karanasiou, Angeliki ^a   Lucarelli, Franco ^b   Nava, Silvia ^b   Calzolai, Giulia ^b   Severi, Mirko ^b   Becagli, Silvia ^b   Gianelle, Vorne L ^c   Colombi, Cristina ^c   Alves, Celia ^d   Custódio, Danilo ^d   Nunes, Teresa ^d   Cerqueira, Mario ^d   Pio, Casimiro ^d   Eleftheriadis, Konstantinos ^e   Diapouli, Evangelia ^e   Reche, Cristina ^a   Minguillón, María Cruz ^a   Manousakas, Manousos Ioannis ^e   Maggos, Thomas ^e   Vratolis, Stergios ^e   Harrison, Roy M ^f,g   Querol, Xavier ^a   more..

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c Arpa Lombardia   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^e INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^g KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; BIOMASS BURNING; NATURAL GAS; NITRATE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); URBAN AREA;

EUROPE;

EID: 84960969364     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-16-3289-2016     Document Type: Article

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