Single particle mass spectrometry of oxalic acid in ambient aerosols in Shanghai: Mixing state and formation mechanism

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 25, 2009, Pages 3876-3882

  Yang, Fan ^a   Chen, Hong ^a   Wang, Xinning ^a   Yang, Xin ^a   Du, Jianfei ^a,b   Chen, Jianmin ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shanghai Baoshan Meteorological Station   (China)

Author keywords

ATOFMS; Formation mechanism; Mixing state; Oxalic acid

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PARTICLES; AEROSOL TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRIES; AIR PARCELS; AMBIENT AEROSOLS; ATOFMS; BACKWARD TRAJECTORY; BIOMASS-BURNING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; DIURNAL PATTERN; FORMATION MECHANISM; FORMATION PATHWAYS; HETEROGENEOUS REACTIONS; IN-CLOUD PROCESSING; MIXING STATE; OXALIC ACID; PRIMARY SOURCES; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SEA SALT PARTICLES; SHANGHAI , CHINA; SINGLE PARTICLE; SINGLE PARTICLE MASS SPECTROMETRY; SULFATE PARTICLES;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BIOMASS; HYDRATES; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

OXALIC ACID; SULFATE;

AEROSOL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FORMATION MECHANISM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXALIC ACID; PARTICLE SIZE;

AEROSOL; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHINA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; HUMIDITY; HYDRATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SUMMER; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SHANGHAI;

EID: 67650140658     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.05.002     Document Type: Article

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