Characteristics and sources of formic, acetic and oxalic acids in PM2.5 and PM10 aerosols in Beijing, China

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 169-181

  Wang, Ying ^a,b   Zhuang, Guoshun ^a,b,c   Chen, Shuang ^b   An, Zhisheng ^b,c   Zheng, Aihua ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Biomass burning; Carboxylic acid; PM10; PM2.5; Primary source; Secondary source

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BIOMASS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHINA; FORMIC ACID;

BIOMASS BURNING; OXALIC ACIDS; PRIMARY SOURCE; SECONDARY SOURCE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

ACETIC ACID; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; BIOMASS BURNING; DIURNAL VARIATION; FORMIC ACID; OXALIC ACID; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ASIA; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33847392974     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2006.07.001     Document Type: Article

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