Diurnal variations of organic molecular tracers and stable carbon isotopic composition in atmospheric aerosols over Mt. Tai in the North China Plain: An influence of biomass burning

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 8359-8375

  Fu, P Q ^a,b   Kawamura, K ^a   Chen, J ^c,f   Li, J ^b   Sun, Y L ^b   Liu, Y ^b   Tachibana, E ^a   Aggarwal, S G ^a,g   Okuzawa, K ^a   Tanimoto, H ^d   Kanaya, Y ^e   Wang, Z F ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^e JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^g NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; BIOMASS BURNING; CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO; DIURNAL VARIATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ORGANIC CARBON; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACER; TROPOSPHERE;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA PLAIN; SHANDONG; TAI SHAN;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84869014366     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-8359-2012     Document Type: Article

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