Characterization and source apportionment of water-soluble organic matter in atmospheric fine particles (PM2.5) with high-resolution aerosol mass spectrometry and GC-MS

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 4854-4861

  Sun, Yele ^a   Zhang, Qi ^a   Zheng, Mei ^b,c   Ding, Xiang ^b,d   Edgerton, Eric S ^e   Wang, Xinming ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^e Atmospheric Research and Analysis Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL MASS; AEROSOL MASS SPECTROMETRY; ATMOSPHERIC FINE PARTICLES; BIOGENIC SPECIES; BULK CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIRECT DETERMINATION; FINE PARTICLES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH-RESOLUTION MASS SPECTRUM; MOLECULAR MARKER; ORGANIC MASS; OXIDIZED COMPONENTS; OXYGENATED SPECIES; POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOLS; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; SOURCE CONTRIBUTIONS; TIME-OF-FLIGHT AEROSOL MASS SPECTROMETERS; URBAN SITE; WATER-SOLUBLE ORGANIC MATTER; WOOD BURNING; WOOD COMBUSTION;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

CARBON; MOLECULAR MARKER; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WATER SOLUBLE ORGANIC MATTER;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL PROPERTY; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOGENIC MATERIAL; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FILTER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RURAL ATMOSPHERE; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; WOOD;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; EXHAUST GAS; HIGH RESOLUTION TIME OF FLIGHT AEROSOL MASS SPECTROMETRY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXYGEN TO CARBON RATIO; OXYGENATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION; RURAL AREA; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL; SUMMER; URBAN AREA; WINTER;

AEROSOLS; CITIES; ELEMENTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONS;

EID: 79957843241     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es200162h     Document Type: Article

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