Characteristics of nonmethane hydrocarbons (NMHCs) in industrial, industrial-urban, and industrial-suburban atmospheres of the Pearl River Delta (PRD) region of south China

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Chan, Lo Yin ^a   Chu, Kam Wah ^a   Zou, Shi Chun ^b   Chan, Chuen Yu ^a   Wang, Xin Ming ^c   Barletta, Barbara ^d   Blake, Donald R ^d   Guo, Hui ^d,e   Tsai, Wai Yan ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; HYDROCARBONS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

AIR QUALITY; NONMETHANE HYDROCARBON; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; ZHUJIANGKOU BASIN;

EID: 33746526877     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006481     Document Type: Article

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