Long-term atmospheric measurements of C1-C5 alkyl nitrates in the Pearl River Delta region of southeast China

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1619-1632

  Simpson, Isobel J ^a   Wang, Tao ^b   Guo, Hai ^b   Kwok, Y H ^b   Flocke, Frank ^c   Atlas, Elliot ^d   Meinardi, Simone ^a   Rowland, F Sherwood ^a   Blake, Donald R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkyl nitrates; China; Ozone; Photochemistry; Urban pollution

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ALKYLATION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; FREE RADICALS; METHANATION; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; POLLUTION CONTROL;

ALKYL NITRATES; CHINA; METHOXY RADICAL REACTION; URBAN POLLUTION;

NITRATES;

METHANE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; OZONE; RADICAL; TRACER;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; MIXING RATIO; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BIOMASS; CHINA; DECOMPOSITION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; OXIDATION; PLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SUMMER; WIND;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 32044448545     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.10.062     Document Type: Article

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