Size-segregated chemical characteristics of aerosol during haze in an urban area of the Pearl River Delta region, China

Urban Climate

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages 74-84

  Zhang, Guohua ^a,b   Bi, Xinhui ^a   Chan, Lo Yin ^a   Wang, Xinming ^a   Sheng, Guoying ^a   Fu, Jiamo ^a,c  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chemical composition; Haze; Light extinction; Particle; PRD; Size distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881030780     PISSN: 22120955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2013.05.002     Document Type: Article

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