Size distribution of organic and inorganic species in Hong Kong aerosols during the wet and dry seasons

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 16, 2008, Pages

  Zheng, Mei ^a,b   Kester, Dana R ^a   Wang, Fu ^c,d   Shi, Xinmei ^c,d   Guo, Zhigang ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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

^d EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^e FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; FATTY ACIDS; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TRACE ELEMENTS;

AEROSOL; ALKANE; DRY SEASON; FATTY ACID; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; PAH; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TRACE ELEMENT; WET SEASON; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; HEALTH IMPACT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SEASONALITY;

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

AEROSOLS; AGING OF MATERIALS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; DROUGHT; FATTY ACIDS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARAFFINS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPECTROMETRY; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ASIAN MONSOON; FINE PARTICULATE MATTER (PM2.5); GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY/MASS SPECTROMETRY; HEALTH EFFECTS; HONG-KONG; INDUCTIVELY-COUPLED; INORGANIC SPECIES; LOCAL EMISSIONS; MAJOR ELEMENTS; POLLUTION ELEMENTS; POLLUTION EMISSIONS; POLLUTION SOURCES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEM MICROGRAPHS; SIZE FRACTION; SOLVENT EXTRACTABLE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; TRANSITION PERIOD; WET AND DRY SEASONS; WET SEASON;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

EID: 56249116614     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD009494     Document Type: Article

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