Daily variations of black carbon and element concentrations of atmospheric particles in the Beijing megacity - Part 1: General temporal course and source identification

Chemie der Erde

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 51-60

  Schleicher, Nina ^a   Cen, Kuang ^b   Norra, Stefan ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Black carbon (BC); Chemical composition; PM10; PM2.5; Urban aerosols

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AIR QUALITY; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLE; BLACK CARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GEOGENIC SOURCE; MEGACITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84876409752     PISSN: 00092819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemer.2012.11.006     Document Type: Article

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