Characteristics of atmospheric non-methane hydrocarbons during haze episode in Beijing, China

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 184, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 7235-7246

  Guo, Songjun ^a   Tan, Jihua ^b   Duan, Jingchun ^c   Ma, Yongliang ^d   Yang, Fumo ^b   He, Kebin ^d   Hao, Jimin ^d  

^a GUANGXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^d TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Beijing; Haze; Non methane hydrocarbons; Photochemical activity; Source

Indexed keywords

BEIJING; HAZE; NON-METHANE HYDROCARBONS; PHOTOCHEMICAL ACTIVITY; SOURCE;

ACETYLENE; BENZENE; BUTANE; ETHANE; ETHYLENE; EVAPORATION; GASOLINE; HEXANE; METHANE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; PROPANE; PROPYLENE; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

ORGANIC SOLVENTS;

ACETYLENE; ALKANE; ALKENE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BENZENE; BUTANE; ETHYLBENZENE; ETHYLENE; GASOLINE; HEXANE; HYDROCARBON; META XYLENE; NON METHANE HYDROCARBON; ORTHO XYLENE; PARA XYLENE; PENTANE; PROPANE; PROPYLENE; SOLVENT; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALKANE; ALKENE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HAZE; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; NONMETHANE HYDROCARBON; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; TOLUENE; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR SAMPLING; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CHINA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EVAPORATION; EXHAUST GAS; HAZE; HUMIDITY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SUMMER; WIND;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERE; BUTANES; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROCARBONS; PENTANES; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; XYLENES;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84871717084     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-2493-9     Document Type: Article

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