Diurnal and nocturnal variations of PAHs in the Lhasa atmosphere, Tibetan Plateau: Implication for local sources and the impact of atmospheric degradation processing

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 124, Issue , 2013, Pages 34-43

  Liu, Junwen ^a,e   Li, Jun ^a   Lin, Tian ^b   Liu, Di ^a,e   Xu, Yue ^a   Chaemfa, Chakra ^a   Qi, Shihua ^c   Liu, Fobang ^d   Zhang, Gan ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^d SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Diagnostic ratios; Diurnal and nocturnal variation; Lhasa city; PAHs

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLES; ATMOSPHERIC DEGRADATION; ATMOSPHERIC REACTIONS; CONCENTRATION PATTERNS; COW DUNG; DIAGNOSTIC RATIOS; DIURNAL AND NOCTURNAL VARIATION; EMISSION SOURCES; GAS-PARTICLE PARTITIONING; GASPHASE; INCOMPLETE COMBUSTION; LHASA CITY; LOCAL SOURCE; LOW HUMIDITY; ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; PAHS; PARTICLE PHASE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROCESS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS(PAHS); POTENTIAL SOURCES; SUBURBAN SITES; TIBETAN PLATEAU; TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICLES;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; NAPHTHALENE; PYRENE;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BENZENE; CLIMATOLOGY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIURNAL VARIATION; HUMIDITY; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; PAH; PHOTOLYSIS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PYRENE; REACTION KINETICS; SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

CHINA; LHASA; XIZANG;

EID: 84873268579     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2012.12.016     Document Type: Article

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