Determination of dicarboxylic acids and levoglucosan in fine particles in the kanto plain, japan, for source apportionment of organic aerosols

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 282-291

  Kumagai, Kimiyo ^a,b   Iijima, Akihiro ^a,c   Shimoda, Misato ^a   Saitoh, Yoshinori ^a   Kozawa, Kunihisa ^a   Hagino, Hiroyuki ^d   Sakamoto, Kazuhiko ^b  

^a GUNMA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TAKASAKI CITY UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS   (Japan)

^d JAPAN AUTOMOBILE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biomass burning; Organic carbon; Secondary formation; Water soluble organic carbon

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS BURNING; BIOMASS BURNING EMISSIONS; BIOMASS COMBUSTION; DICARBOXYLIC ACID; ELEMENTAL CARBON; FINE PARTICLES; FORMATION WATER; INORGANIC IONS; LEVOGLUCOSAN; ORGANIC AEROSOL; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; SOURCE PROFILES; SUBURBAN SITES; TRACER METHODS; WARM SEASONS; WATER SOLUBLE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WATER-SOLUBLE ORGANIC CARBON;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BIOMASS; CARBON INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; COMBUSTION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT;

ORGANIC CARBON;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL FORMATION; AGING; BIOMASS BURNING; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CHEMICAL ALTERATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ION; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUBURBAN AREA; TRACER;

HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; KANTO PLAIN;

EID: 77952803192     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2009.11.0075     Document Type: Article

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