Chemical characterization of fine PM and source apportionment of organic aerosol from ambient and laboratory measurements

• Main Author: Φλώρου, Καλλιόπη
• Other Authors: Πανδής, Σπυρίδων
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Real-time high resolution aerosol mass spectroscopy; Aerosols; High-resolution time-of-flight aerosol mass spectrometer (HR-ToF-AMS); Secondary organic aerosol; m- and p-xylene; Field campaign; Φασματομετρία μάζας υψηλής ανάλυσης; Ατμοσφαιρικά αερολύματα; Φασματόμετρο μάζας αερολύματος υψηλής ανάλυσης (HR-ToF-AMS); Σχηματισμός δευτερογενούς οργανικού αερολύματος (SOA); m- και p-ξυλόλιο; Εκστρατεία πεδίου; 660.294 515

Atmospheric aerosols, also known as atmospheric particles, are suspended particles (solid or liquid) in the air with diameters ranging from 1 nm to about 100 μm. Atmospheric aerosols affect the Earth's radiant budget and hence the global climate through its so-called direct and indirect radioac...