Seasonal trends in the composition and sources of PM2.5 and carbonaceous aerosol in Tehran, Iran

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 239, Issue , 2018, Pages 69-81

  Arhami, Mohammad ^a   Shahne, Maryam Zare ^a   Hosseini, Vahid ^a   Roufigar Haghighat, Navid ^a   Lai, Alexandra M ^b   Schauer, James J ^b  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; MOBILE POWER PLANTS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TRACERS; VEHICLES;

CARBONACEOUS AEROSOL; CARBONACEOUS COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS; CMB RECEPTOR MODEL; CONTROL STRATEGIES; INCOMPLETE COMBUSTION; PRIMARY EMISSIONS; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

CARBON; GASOLINE; HOPANOID; ION; METAL; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PREDNISOLONE; SULFATE; HYDROCARBON;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DUST; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; SULFATE; TREND ANALYSIS;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CAR; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMBUSTION; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; IRAN; MOTOR VEHICLE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; TREND STUDY; WINTER; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; PROCEDURES; SEASON; THEORETICAL MODEL;

IRAN; TEHRAN [IRAN];

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HYDROCARBONS; IRAN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONS;

EID: 85045045178     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2018.03.111     Document Type: Article

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