Pollution characteristics of organic and elemental carbon in PM2.5 in Xiamen, China

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1342-1349

  Zhang, Fuwang ^a,b   Zhao, Jinping ^a   Chen, Jinsheng ^a   Xu, Ya ^a,b   Xu, Lingling ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Carbonaceous aerosol; Elemental carbon; Fine particle; Organic carbon; Xiamen

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL AVERAGE; BIOMASS-BURNING; CARBONACEOUS AEROSOL; CARBONACEOUS FRACTIONS; COAL SMOKE; COASTAL LINE; ELEMENTAL CARBON; FINE PARTICLES; INDUSTRIAL SITES; OC/EC RATIO; ORGANIC AND ELEMENTAL CARBON; SECONDARY ORGANIC CARBON; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; STRONG CORRELATION; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL CHANGES; THERMAL-OPTICAL TRANSMITTANCE; TRANSPORT PROCESS; VEHICLE EXHAUSTS; WEAK CORRELATION; XIAMEN;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

ORGANIC CARBON;

CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AEROSOLS; CARBON; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

CHINA; FUJIAN; XIAMEN;

EID: 80051675850     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(10)60559-1     Document Type: Article

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