Causes of the elevated nitrate aerosol levels during episodic days in Taichung urban area, Taiwan

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1632-1640

  Lin, Yu Chi ^a,b   Cheng, Man Ting ^a   Lin, Wei Hsiang ^a   Lan, Yung Yao ^a   Tsuang, Ben Jei ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Annular denuder system; Formation rate; High particulate days; Low particulate days; Nitrate aerosol

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; ANNULAR DENUDERS; FORMATION RATES; GASEOUS POLLUTANTS; HIGHER RELATIVE HUMIDITY; NITRATE AEROSOLS; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE TIME ANALYSIS; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY; URBAN AREAS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; FOG; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MOISTURE; OPTICAL PROJECTORS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

NITRATES;

NITRATE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

AEROSOL; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL FORMATION; AIR TEMPERATURE; NITRATE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMIDITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TAIWAN; URBAN AREA;

TAICHUNG; TAIWAN;

EID: 77949569289     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.01.039     Document Type: Article

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