Volatile organic compounds in 43 Chinese cities

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 39, Issue 32, 2005, Pages 5979-5990

  Barletta, Barbara ^a   Meinardi, Simone ^a   Rowland, F Sherwood ^a   Chan, Chuen Yu ^b   Wang, Xinming ^c   Zou, Shichun ^d   Lo, Yin Chan ^b   Blake, Donald R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^d SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Combustion; Gas chromatography; Urban air; Vehicular emissions; VOCs

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; COMBUSTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GAS EMISSIONS; GASOLINE; METHANE; URBAN PLANNING;

ISOPRENE; NONMETHANE HYDROCARBONS (NMHC); URBAN AIR; VEHICULAR EMISSIONS;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ACETYLENE; GASOLINE; METHANE; PENTANE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVAPORATION; EXHAUST GAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

EID: 24644519903     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.06.029     Document Type: Article

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