Competition of coagulation sink and source rate: New particle formation in the Pearl River Delta of China

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 27, 2010, Pages 3278-3285

  Gong, Youguo ^a,b   Hu, Min ^b   Cheng, Yafang ^c,f   Su, Hang ^d   Yue, Dingli ^b   Liu, Feng ^a   Wiedensohler, A ^c   Wang, Zhibin ^b   Kalesse, H ^e   Liu, Shang ^b   Wu, Zhijun ^b   Xiao, Kaitao ^a   Mi, Puchun ^a   Zhang, Yuanhang ^b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL DEFENSE   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^e JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coagulation sink; New particle formation; Particle number concentration; PRIDE PRD2004

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION MODES; HIGHER LOADS; NEW PARTICLE FORMATION; NUCLEATION AND GROWTH; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICLE NUMBER CONCENTRATION; PARTICLE NUMBERS; PEARL RIVER DELTA; PHOTOCHEMICAL ACTIVITY; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SOURCE RATE;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; COAGULATION; COMPETITION;

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; COAGULATION; NUCLEATION; ORGANIC MATTER; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; CHINA; HUMIDITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; WATER ANALYSIS;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; XINKEN; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 77954659234     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.05.049     Document Type: Article

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