Aerosol ionic components at Mt. Heng in central southern China: Abundances, size distribution, and impacts of long-range transport

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 433, Issue , 2012, Pages 498-506

  Gao, Xiaomei ^a   Xue, Likun ^b   Wang, Xinfeng ^a   Wang, Tao ^a,b,c   Yuan, Chao ^a,b   Gao, Rui ^a   Zhou, Yang ^a   Nie, Wei ^a   Zhang, Qingzhu ^a   Wang, Wenxing ^a,c  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Central southern China; Long range transport; Mt. Heng; Size distribution; Water soluble ions

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; IONS; POLLUTION CONTROL; RIVER POLLUTION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

AEROSOL CHARACTERISTICS; ANTHROPOGENIC POLLUTION; CENTRAL SOUTHERN CHINAS; CO-ORDINATED CONTROL; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; LONG-DISTANCE TRANSPORT; MT. HENG; WATER-SOLUBLE IONS;

AIR POLLUTION;

AMMONIA; NITRATE; SULFATE;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL FORMATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); IONIC COMPOSITION; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ACIDITY; AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLOUD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOG; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PLUME DISPERSION; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPRING;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; MOUNT HENG; SHANXI; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 84864042626     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.06.095     Document Type: Article

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