Assessment of ambient volatile organic compounds (VOCs) near major roads in urban Nanjing, China

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 289-297

  Wang, P ^a   Zhao, W ^a  

^a NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Gas phase distribution; Traffic related air pollution; Vertical or horizontal profiles; Volatile organic compounds (VOCs)

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; ATMOSPHERICS; BENZENE; CALCIUM; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; ETHYLBENZENE; GASES; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MIXTURES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PRESSURE; ROADS AND STREETS; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; TOLUENE; VAPOR PRESSURE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; XYLENE;

(DIACETOXYIODO) BENZENE; ABOVE GROUND LEVEL (AGL); ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANTS; CONSECUTIVE DAYS; DIURNAL MONITORING; FIELD STUDIES; GAS PHASE; GAS PHASE CONCENTRATIONS; NANJING; NANJING , CHINA; O-XYLENE; TARGET POLLUTANTS; TETRACHLORO-METHANE; TETRACHLOROETHANE; TRICHLOROETHANE (TCA); TRIMETHYL BENZENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (VOCS);

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIURNAL VARIATION; GAS PHASE REACTION; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN AREA; VERTICAL PROFILE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JIANGSU; NANJING [JIANGSU];

EID: 46749116728     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2008.03.013     Document Type: Article

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