Acetone in the atmosphere of Hong Kong: Abundance, sources and photochemical precursors

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 65, Issue , 2013, Pages 80-88

  Guo, H ^a   Ling, Z H ^a   Cheung, K ^a   Wang, D W ^a   Simpson, I J ^b   Blake, D R ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetone; Hong Kong; Photochemical box model; Positive Matrix Factorization

Indexed keywords

2 ,4-DINITROPHENYLHYDRAZINE; AIR SAMPLES; BIOGENIC EMISSION; BIOMASS-BURNING; FIELD MEASUREMENT; HONG-KONG; I-BUTANE; I-BUTENE; MECHANISM OF OXIDATION; MIXING RATIOS; PHOTOCHEMICAL BOX MODEL; PHOTOCHEMICAL PRECURSORS; POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION; RECEPTOR MODEL; SOURCE CONTRIBUTIONS; SPATIOTEMPORAL PATTERNS; URBAN SITE; VEHICULAR EMISSION;

BUTANE; BUTENES; LANDFORMS;

ACETONE;

2,4 DINITROPHENYLHYDRAZINE; ACETONE; BUTANE; OZONE;

ABUNDANCE; ACETONE; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; EMISSION; MOUNTAIN REGION; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OXIDATION; OZONE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; URBAN POLLUTION;

ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BIOMASS; HONG KONG; OXIDATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 84868700519     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.10.027     Document Type: Article

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