The influence of meteorology on the organic and inorganic properties of aerosols in Hong Kong

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 323-336

  Zheng, Mei ^a   Guo, Zhigang ^b   Fang, Ming ^b   Kester, Dana R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chemical composition; Hong Kong; Meteorology; Source; TSP

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); WIND EFFECTS;

SOLVENT-EXTRACTABLE ORGANICS; TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICULATES; WIND DIRECTION;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; AEROSOL PROPERTY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WIND DIRECTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG;

EID: 34248366998     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2006.09.004     Document Type: Article

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