Speciation of "brown" carbon in cloud water impacted by agricultural biomass burning in eastern China

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 7389-7399

  Desyaterik, Yury ^a   Sun, Yele ^a,b   Shen, Xinhua ^a,c   Lee, Taehyoung ^a,d   Wang, Xinfeng ^e,f   Wang, Tao ^e,f   Collett, Jeffrey L ^a  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^c Texas A M University System   (United States)

^d Hankuk University of Foreign Studies   (South Korea)

^e HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^f SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biomass burning; Brown carbon; Cloud water; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CARBON; CARBONYL COMPOUNDS; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIGHT; MASS SPECTROMETERS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PHENOLS;

BIOMASS-BURNING; BROWN CARBONS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CLOUD WATER; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; SPECIATION; TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETERS; TOF MASS SPECTROMETER;

BIOMASS;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; CARBON; CARBONYL COMPOUND; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLOUD WATER; PHENOL; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CHINA; SHANDONG;

EID: 84880902928     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50561     Document Type: Article

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