Aerosol size spectra and particle formation events at urban shanghai in Eastern China

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1362-1372

  Du, Jianfei ^a,b   Cheng, Tiantao ^a   Zhang, Min ^c   Chen, Jianmin ^a   He, Qianshan ^b   Wang, Xuemei ^a   Zhang, Renjian ^d   Tao, Jun ^e   Huang, Guanghan ^a   Li, Xiang ^a   Zha, Shuping ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI METEOROLOGICAL BUREAU   (China)

^c FIRST INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^e SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Aerosol size distribution; Number concentration; Particle formation event

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL NUMBER SIZE DISTRIBUTION; AEROSOL SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; NEW PARTICLE FORMATION; NUMBER CONCENTRATION; PARTICLE FORMATIONS; PARTICLE NUMBER SIZE DISTRIBUTION; PARTICLE SIZE SPECTRA; PARTICLE SURFACE AREA;

SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; GROWTH RATE; NUCLEATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE AREA; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; VOLUME;

CHINA; SHANGHAI;

EID: 84872927264     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2011.12.0230     Document Type: Article

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