Analysis on concentration and source rate of precursor vapors participating in particle formation and growth at xinken in the Pearl River Delta of China

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 427-436

  Gong, Youguo ^a   Su, Hang ^a   Cheng, Yafang ^a   Liu, Feng ^b   Wu, Zhijun ^a   Hu, Min ^a   Zeng, Limin ^a   Zhang, Yuanhang ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL DEFENSE   (China)

Author keywords

Condensation sink; Particle formation and growth; Precursor vapors; Pseudo steady state model; Source rate; Sulphuric acid

Indexed keywords

EID: 43749111919     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-008-0427-4     Document Type: Article

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