Traffic is a major source of atmospheric nanocluster aerosol

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 114, Issue 29, 2017, Pages 7549-7554

  Rönkkö, Topi ^a   Kuuluvainen, Heino ^a   Karjalainen, Panu ^a   Keskinen, Jorma ^a   Hillamo, Risto ^b   Niemi, Jarkko V ^c   Pirjola, Liisa ^d   Timonen, Hilkka J ^b   Saarikoski, Sanna ^b   Saukko, Erkka ^a   Järvinen, Anssi ^a   Silvennoinen, Henna ^a   Rostedt, Antti ^a   Olin, Miska ^a   Yli Ojanperä, Jaakko ^a   Nousiainen, Pekka ^e   Kousa, Anu ^c   Dal Maso, Miikka ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c Helsinki Region Environmental Services Authority   (Finland)

^d HELSINKI METROPOLIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

^e TURKU UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Atmospheric aerosol; Combustion derived nanoparticles; Nanocluster aerosol; Traffic emission

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA;

EID: 85024373359     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1700830114     Document Type: Article

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