Characteristics and sources of non-methane hydrocarbons in background atmospheres of eastern, southwestern, and southern China

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Tang, J H ^a   Chan, L Y ^b   Chang, C C ^c   Liu, Shaw ^c   Li, Y S ^b  

^a YANTAI INSTITUTE OF COASTAL ZONE RESEARCH   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; COASTAL ZONES; COMBUSTION; ETHANE; ETHYLBENZENE; ETHYLENE; FOSSIL FUELS; FULLERENES; LANDFORMS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); METHANE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SMOKE; TECTONICS; THERMOCHEMISTRY; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

ADDITIONAL SAMPLES; AIR MASS; BIOMASS BURNING EMISSIONS; EASTERN CHINAS; HAINAN ISLANDS; INDUSTRIAL SOLVENTS; LONG-RANGE TRANSPORTS; MOLAR RATIOS; NON-METHANE HYDROCARBONS; REMOTE SITES; SOUTH-EAST ASIA; SOUTHERN CHINAS; URBAN SITES; YANGTZE RIVER DELTAS; YUNNAN PROVINCES; ZHEJIANG PROVINCES;

INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIOFUEL; BIOMASS BURNING; BTEX; COMBUSTION; FOSSIL FUEL; NONMETHANE HYDROCARBON;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HAINAN; JIANFENGLING; LINAN; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TENGCHONG; YANGTZE DELTA; YUNNAN; ZHEJIANG;

EID: 65249150739     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD010333     Document Type: Article

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