Chemical characteristics of submicron particles in winter in Xi'an

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 80-93

  Shen, Zhenxing ^a,b   Cao, Junji ^a,b   Tong, Zhi ^c   Liu, Suixin ^b   Reddy, Lingala Sankara Reddy ^b   Han, Yuemei ^a   Zhang, Ting ^b   Zhou, Juan ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c XI'AN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbonaceous aerosol; PMi; Water soluble ions

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; BROMINE; CALCIUM; CHLORINE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FLUORINE; IONS; MAGNESIUM; ORGANIC CARBON;

AUTOMOBILE EXHAUST; CARBONACEOUS AEROSOL; CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTIC; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; MASS CONCENTRATION; SUB-MICRON PARTICLES; SUBMICRON AEROSOL; WATER-SOLUBLE IONS;

COAL COMBUSTION;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FILTER; ORGANIC CARBON; WINTER;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SHAANXI; XIAN;

EID: 67449122729     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2008.10.0050     Document Type: Article

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