UFP and BC at a mid-sized city in Po valley, Italy: Size-resolved partitioning between primary and newly formed particles

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 142, Issue , 2016, Pages 120-131

  Wang, F ^a,b   Cernuschi, S ^a   Ozgen, S ^a   Ripamonti, G ^a   Vecchi, R ^c   Valli, G ^c   Lonati, G ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b China Meteorological Administration   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Black carbon; Cluster analysis; Po valley; Ultrafine particles

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; AIR QUALITY STANDARDS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; LANDFORMS; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTION; ROADS AND STREETS;

BLACK CARBON; PARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; PARTICLE POLLUTION; PARTICLE-SIZE FRACTIONS; PO VALLEY; ROAD TRAFFIC EMISSIONS; SIZE-RESOLVED PARTICLES; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE;

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

BLACK CARBON;

AIR QUALITY; AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BLACK CARBON; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIURNAL VARIATION; EMISSION INVENTORY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PARTICLE SIZE; ROAD TRAFFIC; RURAL AREA; SOLAR RADIATION; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN AREA; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EXHAUST GAS; ITALY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SOLAR RADIATION; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE; URBAN AREA;

ITALY; PO VALLEY;

EID: 84978952319     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.07.030     Document Type: Article

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