Mixing ratios and sources of halocarbons in urban, semi-urban and rural sites of the Pearl River Delta, South China

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 40, Issue 38, 2006, Pages 7331-7345

  Chan, C Y ^a   Tang, J H ^a   Li, Y S ^a   Chan, L Y ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Air pollutant emissions; Halocarbons; Montreal Protocol; Pearl River Delta and China

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT EMISSIONS; HALOCARBONS; MONTREAL PROTOCOL; PEARL RIVER DELTA AND CHINA;

COASTAL ZONES; ECOSYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RIVERS; URBAN PLANNING;

HALOGEN COMPOUNDS;

HYDROCARBON; METHANE; METHYL CHLORIDE;

AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON EMISSION; EXHAUST EMISSION; HALOCARBON; MIXING RATIO; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHINA; HEMISPHERE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SEASHORE;

ASIA; CHINA; DINGHUSHAN; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST); PANYU; ZHUJIANG;

EID: 33749995049     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.06.041     Document Type: Article

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