Regional and local contributions to ambient non-methane volatile organic compounds at a polluted rural/coastal site in Pearl River Delta, China

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 40, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 2345-2359

  Guo, H ^a,b   Wang, T ^a   Blake, D R ^b   Simpson, I J ^b   Kwok, Y H ^a   Li, Y S ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hong Kong; Non methane volatile organic compounds; PCA APCS; Pearl River Delta; Source apportionment

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; METHANE; NATURAL GAS; POLLUTION CONTROL; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

HONG KONG; NON-METHANE VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PCA/APCS; PEARL RIVER DELTA; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT;

AIR POLLUTION;

CARBON MONOXIDE; GASOLINE; METHANE; NATURAL GAS; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; POLLUTANT SOURCE;

AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHINA; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; EXHAUST GAS; HONG KONG; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEASHORE;

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

EID: 33644862666     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.12.011     Document Type: Article

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