Characterization of carbonaceous aerosol by the stepwise-extraction thermal-optical-transmittance (SE-TOT) method

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 59, Issue , 2012, Pages 551-558

  Cheng, Yuan ^a   He, Ke bin ^a   Duan, Feng kui ^a   Du, Zhen yu ^a   Zheng, Mei ^b   Ma, Yong liang ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biomass burning; Brown carbon; Carbonaceous aerosol; SOA

Indexed keywords

BEIJING , CHINA; BIOMASS-BURNING; CARBONACEOUS AEROSOL; ELEMENTAL CARBON; HIGH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; NON-POLAR; ORGANIC AEROSOL; QUANTITATIVE SEPARATION; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOLS; SOA; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TRACER METHODS;

ACETONE; CARBON; DICHLOROMETHANE; HEXANE;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

ACETONE; CARBON; DICHLOROMETHANE; HEXANE;

ACETONE; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOGENIC EMISSION; BIOMASS BURNING; CARBON; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TRANSMITTANCE;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXTRACTION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; METHODOLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL; STEPWISE EXTRACTION THERMAL OPTICAL TRANSMITTANCE;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84863423479     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.05.010     Document Type: Article

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