Spatio-temporal variations of black carbon concentrations in the Megacity Beijing

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 182, Issue , 2013, Pages 392-401

  Schleicher, Nina ^a   Norra, Stefan ^a   Fricker, Mathieu ^b   Kaminski, Uwe ^b   Chen, Yizhen ^c   Chai, Fahe ^c   Wang, Shulan ^c   Yu, Yang ^d   Cen, Kuang ^d  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^c CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^d CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Black carbon (BC); Megacity; Optical oil immersion method; Source apportionment; Urban aerosols

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

BLACK CARBON; MEGACITIES; OIL IMMERSION; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; URBAN AEROSOLS;

COAL COMBUSTION;

BLACK CARBON; RAIN; AIR POLLUTANT; SOOT;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOMASS BURNING; BLACK CARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEATING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; COMBUSTION; EXHAUST GAS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METEOROLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; URBAN MIXING LAYER HEIGHT; WIND; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CHINA; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SOOT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BEIJING [BEIJING (ADS)]; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CHINA; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SOOT;

EID: 84883173952     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2013.07.042     Document Type: Article

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