Occurrence of atmospheric nitrous acid in the urban area of Beijing (China)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 447, Issue , 2013, Pages 210-224

  Spataro, Francesca ^a   Ianniello, Antonietta ^a   Esposito, Giulio ^a   Allegrini, Ivo ^b   Zhu, Tong ^c   Hu, Min ^c  

^a CNR Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research   (Italy)

^b Research Consortium CORAM   (Italy)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Annular denuder; Heterogeneous chemistry; Hydroxyl radical; Nitrogen oxides; Nitrous acid; Urban area

Indexed keywords

ANNULAR DENUDERS; HETEROGENEOUS CHEMISTRY; HYDROXYL RADICALS; NITROUS ACID; URBAN AREAS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; NITRIC ACID; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PHOTOLYSIS;

NITROGEN OXIDES;

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITRATE; NITRIC ACID; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NITROUS ACID;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIURNAL VARIATION; HYDROXYL RADICAL; INORGANIC ACID; NITROGEN OXIDES; SEASONAL VARIATION; URBAN AREA;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXHAUST GAS; NITROUS OXIDE EMISSION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTOLYSIS; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; TREND STUDY; URBAN AREA; WINTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CHINA; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NITROGEN OXIDES; NITROUS ACID;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84873277263     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.12.065     Document Type: Article

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