Impacts of biomass burning smoke on the distributions and concentrations of C2-C5 dicarboxylic acids and dicarboxylates in a tropical urban environment

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 78, Issue , 2013, Pages 211-218

  Yang, Liming ^a   Nguyen, Duc Minh ^a   Jia, Shiguo ^a   Reid, Jeffrey S ^b   Yu, Liya E ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Levoglucosan; Photooxidation; PM2.5; Southeast Asia; Transboundary

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS BURNING SMOKES; CONCENTRATION RATIO; DICARBOXYLATE SALTS; LEVOGLUCOSAN; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TRANS-BOUNDARY; URBAN ATMOSPHERES; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS;

CARBOXYLATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY; PHOTOOXIDATION; SALTS; URBAN PLANNING;

SMOKE;

DICARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; MALIC ACID;

AMBIENT AIR; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTOOXIDATION; SMOKE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ION PAIR CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTOOXIDATION; PRESCRIBED BURNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SINGAPORE; SMOKE; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; TROPICS; URBAN AREA;

SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA];

EID: 84882660869     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.03.049     Document Type: Article

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