Formation of secondary organic carbon and long-range transport of carbonaceous aerosols at Mount Heng in South China

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 63, Issue , 2012, Pages 203-212

  Zhou, Shengzhen ^a,b   Wang, Zhe ^a,b   Gao, Rui ^a   Xue, Likun ^a,b   Yuan, Chao ^a,b   Wang, Tao ^a,b,c   Gao, Xiaomei ^a   Wang, Xinfeng ^a,b   Nie, Wei ^a,b   Xu, Zheng ^a,b   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

Acid catalyzed reactions; Carbonaceous aerosols; Cloud processing; Long range transport; Secondary organic carbon (SOC)

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CATALYSIS; DROPS; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ACID-CATALYZED REACTIONS; CARBONACEOUS AEROSOL; CLOUD PROCESSING; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; SECONDARY ORGANIC CARBONS (SOC);

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

EID: 84867452902     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.09.021     Document Type: Article

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