Title of article :
Polar and non-polar volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in urban Algiers and saharian sites of Algeria
Author/Authors :
Noureddine Yassaa، نويسنده , , Brahim Youcef Meklati، نويسنده , , Enzo Brancaleoni، نويسنده , , Massimiliano Frattoni، نويسنده , , Paolo Ciccioli، نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2001
Abstract :
For the first time, polar and non-polar organic compounds from C4 to C20 have been identified and quantified in one urban and two saharan sites located in Algeria. They were collected on adsorption traps filled with graphitic carbons and analyzed by high-resolution gas chromatography–mass spectrometry after thermal desorption. More than 190 compounds released by man-made and biogenic sources or formed in air by degradation of photochemical smog precursors were identified in the city center of Algiers. Some of them were never reported before. During our determinations, high levels of pollution characterized the city. Transport of anthropogenic pollutants together with some biogenic emission from date palm trees was mainly responsible for the levels of VOCs measured in Melika oasis located at the entrance of the Sahara desert. Background tropospheric levels of VOCs were instead detected in Bouchene sandy site of the Sahara desert where no biogenic sources were present.
Keywords :
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) , Aerometric concentrations , GC-MS. , SAHARA DESERT , Urban and remote areas , Algiers city
Journal title :
Atmospheric Environment
Journal title :
Atmospheric Environment