Quantifying primary and secondary source contributions to ultrafine particles in the UK urban background

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 166, Issue , 2017, Pages 62-78

  Hama, S M L ^a,b   Cordell, R L ^a   Monks, P S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SULAIMANI   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Primary sources; Secondary sources; Ultrafine particles; Urban background

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; CARBON; FOG; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; POLLUTION;

MAXIMUM CONCENTRATIONS; NEW PARTICLE FORMATION; PRIMARY SOURCES; SECONDARY SOURCES; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE; URBAN BACKGROUND; VEHICLE EXHAUST EMISSIONS; WIND SPEED AND DIRECTIONS;

URBAN GROWTH;

BLACK CARBON; CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDE; OZONE;

BLACK CARBON; CLIMATOLOGY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXHAUST EMISSION; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRACER; URBAN AREA; WIND VELOCITY;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; COOLING; DATA ANALYSIS; DILUTION; EXHAUST GAS; HUMIDITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPRING; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA; WIND;

ENGLAND; LEICESTER [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85023620727     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2017.07.013     Document Type: Article

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