A comparative study of the organic matter in PM2.5 from three Chinese megacities in three different climatic zones

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 40, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 3983-3994

  Feng, Jialiang ^a   Hu, Min ^b   Chan, Chak K ^a   Lau, P S ^a   Fang, Ming ^a   He, Lingyan ^b   Tang, Xiaoyan ^b  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Beijing; China; Climatic zone; Guangzhou; OC EC; PM2.5; SEOC; Shanghai; WSOC

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COMBUSTION; FATTY ACIDS; FOSSIL FUELS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOLUBILITY; THERMAL EFFECTS; VEGETATION; WAXES;

BEIJING; CHINA; CLIMATIC ZONE; GUANGZHOU; SHANGHAI; WSOC;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ALKANE DERIVATIVE; ALKANOL; COAL; FATTY ACID DERIVATIVE; FOSSIL FUEL; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; PETROLEUM; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SOLVENT; WATER; WAX;

AEROSOL; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CLIMATIC REGION; ENERGY USE; FATTY ACID; FOSSIL FUEL; ORGANIC MATTER; PAH; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLIMATE; COMBUSTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GAS; GEOGRAPHY; METEOROLOGY; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEGETATION;

ASIA; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU; SHANGHAI;

EID: 33646841033     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.02.017     Document Type: Article

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