Morphology, composition and mixing state of individual carbonaceous aerosol in urban Shanghai

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 693-707

  Fu, H ^a   Zhang, M ^a,d   Li, W ^b   Chen, J ^a   Wang, L ^a   Quan, X ^c   Wang, W ^b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d FIRST INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AIR QUALITY; MIXING; PARTICLE SIZE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; WEATHER;

CHINA; SHANGHAI;

EID: 84872903706     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-693-2012     Document Type: Article

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