Water-soluble organic carbon and oxalate in aerosols at a coastal urban site in China: Size distribution characteristics, sources, and formation mechanisms

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 22, 2006, Pages

  Huang, Xiao Feng ^a   Yu, Jian Zhen ^a   He, Ling Yan ^b   Yuan, Zibing ^a  

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

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLOUDS; FACTORIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORGANIC CARBON; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

AEROSOL; FORMATION MECHANISM; ORGANIC CARBON; OXALATE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; URBAN SITE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; SHENZHEN;

EID: 34547520520     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD007408     Document Type: Article

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