Vertical distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in atmospheric boundary layer of Beijing in winter

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 40, 2007, Pages 9594-9602

  Tao, Shu ^a   Wang, Yi ^a   Wu, Shiming ^a   Liu, Shuzheng ^a   Dou, Han ^a   Liu, Yanan ^a   Lang, Chang ^a   Hu, Fei ^b   Xing, Baoshan ^c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Beijing; PAHs; Trajectory; Vertical distribution

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; COAL COMBUSTION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; METEOROLOGY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYERS; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ACENAPHTHENE DERIVATIVE; ACENAPHTHYLENE; ANTHRACENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; CHRYSENE; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; INDENO[1,2,3 CD]PYRENE; NAPHTHALENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE;

AIR SAMPLING; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BOUNDARY LAYER; METEOROLOGY; PAH; TRAFFIC EMISSION; TRAJECTORY; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WINTER;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CHINA; COAL COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EXHAUST GAS; EXTRACTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; METEOROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; WINTER;

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

EID: 36348937729     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.08.026     Document Type: Article

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