Sources and photochemistry of volatile organic compounds in the remote atmosphere of western China: Results from the Mt. Waliguan Observatory

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 8551-8567

  Xue, L K ^a,b   Wang, T ^a,b   Guo, H ^a   Blake, D R ^c   Tang, J ^d   Zhang, X C ^d   Saunders, S M ^e   Wang, W X ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOLYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

CHINA; EURASIA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84883387666     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-8551-2013     Document Type: Article

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