Chemical loss of volatile organic compounds and its impact on the source analysis through a two-year continuous measurement

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 80, Issue , 2013, Pages 488-498

  Wang, H L ^a   Chen, C H ^a   Wang, Q ^a   Huang, C ^a   Su, L Y ^a   Huang, H Y ^a   Lou, S R ^a   Zhou, M ^a   Li, L ^a   Qiao, L P ^a   Wang, Y H ^b  

^a SHANGHAI ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical loss; Initial VOCs; Observed VOCs; Source analysis; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL LOSS; CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENTS; INITIAL VOCS; OBSERVED VOCS; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION; REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION; SOURCE ANALYSIS;

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COAL INDUSTRY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROCARBONS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS;

ACETYLENE; ALKANE; ALKENE; AROMATIC COMPOUND; BENZENE; BUTANE; COAL; ETHANE; ETHYLENE; ISOPRENE; PENTANE; PROPANE; SOLVENT; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; XYLENE;

ACETYLENE; ALKANE; ALKENE; AMBIENT AIR; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOGENIC EMISSION; COAL; COMBUSTION; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; POLLUTANT SOURCE; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN AREA; URBAN POLLUTION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHINA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PHOTOOXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TEMPERATURE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; URBAN AREA;

CHINA; SHANGHAI;

EID: 84884147374     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.08.040     Document Type: Article

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