Composition and major sources of organic compounds of aerosol particulate matter sampled during the ACE-Asia campaign

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 19, 2004, Pages

  Simoneit, Bernd R T ^a,b   Kobayashi, Minoru ^b   Mochida, Michihiro ^b   Kawamura, Kimitaka ^b   Lee, Meehye ^c   Lim, Ho Jin ^d   Turpin, Barbara J ^d   Komazaki, Yuichi ^e,f  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Korea University   (South Korea)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Tokyo Dylec Co Ltd   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carboxylic acids; Glucose; Levoglucosan; N alkanes; OC EC; Organic aerosols

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; BIOMASS BURNING; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ASIA; CHEJU [SOUTH KOREA]; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GOSAN; HOKKAIDO; JAPAN; KOREA; SAPPORO; SOUTH KOREA; WORLD;

EID: 10644223565     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD004598     Document Type: Review

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