The indoor and outdoor carbonaceous pollution during winter and summer in rural areas of Shaanxi, China

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 550-558

  Zhu, Chong Shu ^a,b   Cao, Jun Ji ^a,c   Tsai, Chuen Jinn ^b   Shen, Zhen Xing ^c   Ho, Kin Fai ^d   Liu, Sui Xin ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Elemental carbon; Organic carbon; Rural areas

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ORGANIC CARBON;

CARBON SPECIES; CARBONACEOUS AEROSOL; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ELEMENTAL CARBON; INDOOR CONCENTRATION; INDOOR/OUTDOOR; OUTDOOR CONCENTRATIONS; REDUCING EMISSIONS;

RURAL AREAS;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE MATTER; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CHINA; SHAANXI; XIAN;

EID: 78149240065     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2010.04.0031     Document Type: Article

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