Black carbon aerosol characterization in a coastal city in South China using a single particle soot photometer

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 51, Issue , 2012, Pages 21-28

  Huang, Xiao Feng ^a   Sun, Tian Le ^a   Zeng, Li Wu ^a   Yu, Guang He ^b   Luan, Sheng Ji ^a,b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PKU HKUST Shenzhen HongKong Institution   (China)

Author keywords

Black carbon (BC); Mixing state; Single Particle Soot Photometer (SP2); Size distribution

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL CHARACTERISTICS; AEROSOL COMPONENTS; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BLACK CARBON; BLACK CARBON AEROSOL; COASTAL CITIES; EQUIVALENT DIAMETER; FOSSIL FUEL COMBUSTION; INFLUENCING FACTOR; LOG-NORMAL; MASS CONCENTRATION; MASS SIZE DISTRIBUTION; MIXING STATE; REGIONAL TRANSPORT; RURAL SITE; SINGLE PARTICLE; SOUTH CHINA; URBAN SITE;

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOG; FOSSIL FUELS; FUELS; MIXING; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PHOTOMETERS; PHOTOMETRY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

SOOT;

BLACK CARBON; FOSSIL FUEL;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BLACK CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIAMETER; EMISSION; FOSSIL FUEL; LIGHT EFFECT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTOMETER; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; VOLUME;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CHINA; COMBUSTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SINGLE PARTICLE SOOT PHOTOMETER; URBAN AREA; WINTER;

CHINA;

EID: 84857789444     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.01.056     Document Type: Article

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