Characterization of organic compounds and molecular tracers from biomass burning smoke in South China I: Broad-leaf trees and shrubs

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 3096-3102

  Wang, Zhenzhen ^a   Bi, Xinhui ^a   Sheng, Guoying ^a   Fu, Jiamo ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Biomass burning; Broad leaf trees; China; Molecular tracers; Natural vegetations; Shrubs

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS BURNING; BROAD-LEAF TREES; CHINA; MOLECULAR TRACERS; NATURAL VEGETATIONS; SHRUBS;

ANTHRACENE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOSSIL FUELS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SMOKE; SUGARS; VEGETATION;

INCINERATION;

ALKANE; ALKANOL; ANTHRACENE; CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; ESTER; FLUORANTHENE; METHYLPHENANTHRENE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHENANTHRENE DERIVATIVE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOMASS BURNING; EVERGREEN TREE; FOSSIL FUEL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MONSOON; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SMOKE; TRACER;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMBUSTION; GAS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GLOBAL CLIMATE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SHRUB; SMOKE; VEGETATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 67349254564     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.03.012     Document Type: Article

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