Molecular, seasonal and spatial distributions of organic aerosols from fourteen Chinese cities

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 4619-4625

  Wang, Gehui ^a,b   Kawamura, Kimitaka ^a   Lee, Shuncheng ^c   Ho, Kinfai ^c   Cao, Junji ^d  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^d Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOPANES; N-ALKANES; ORGANIC AEROSOLS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

ALCOHOLS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FATTY ACIDS; PARAFFINS; PLASTICS; VAPORIZATION;

AEROSOLS;

ALKANE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; FATTY ACID; FATTY ALCOHOL; FOSSIL FUEL; LIGNIN; PHTHALIC ACID; PLASTIC; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; POLYOL; STEROL; SUGAR;

AEROSOLS; ALCOHOLS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FATTY ACIDS; PARAFFINS; PLASTICS; VAPORIZATION;

AEROSOL; ALKANE; COMBUSTION; FATTY ACID; FOSSIL FUEL; LIGNIN; PAH; PHTHALATE; RESIN; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STEROL;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CHINA; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); INDUSTRIALIZATION; SEASHORE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; URBANIZATION; VAPORIZATION; WINTER;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; ALKANES; CARBOHYDRATES; CHINA; CITIES; COMPOMERS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ALCOHOLS; LIGNIN; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHTHALIC ACIDS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; POLYMERS; RESINS, PLANT; SEASONS; STEROLS; TRITERPENES;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33746624306     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es060291x     Document Type: Article

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