Ozone production and hydrocarbon reactivity in Hong Kong, Southern China

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 557-573

  Zhang, J ^a,b   Wang, T ^c   Chameides, W L ^a   Cardelino, C ^a   Kwok, J ^c   Blake, D R ^d   Ding, A ^c   So, K L ^c  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; HYDROCARBON; NITRIC OXIDE; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLLUTANT SOURCE; REACTIVATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

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

EID: 33846668532     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-7-557-2007     Document Type: Article

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