Biomass burning contribution to Beijing aerosol

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 7765-7781

  Cheng, Y ^a   Engling, G ^c   He, K B ^a,b   Duan, F K ^a   Ma, Y L ^a   Du, Z Y ^a   Liu, J M ^d   Zheng, M ^e   Weber, R J ^d  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b STATE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION KEY LABORATORY OF SOURCES AND CONTROL OF AIR POLLUTION COMPLEX   (China)

^c NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; BIOMASS BURNING; COMBUSTION; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRACER;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84882246831     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-7765-2013     Document Type: Article

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