Physical and chemical characterization of ambient aerosol by HR-ToF-AMS at a suburban site in Hong Kong during springtime 2011

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 8625-8639

  Lee, Berto P ^a   Li, Yong Jie ^a   Yu, Jian Zhen ^a   Louie, Peter K K ^b   Chan, Chak K ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b Wanchai Polyclinic   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

AMS; suburban aerosol

Indexed keywords

PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POLLUTION; RIVER POLLUTION;

AMS; BACK TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS; BIMODAL PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; PEARL RIVER DELTA REGION; SEMIVOLATILE ORGANIC AEROSOLS; TIME-OF-FLIGHT AEROSOL MASS SPECTROMETERS; VACUUM AERODYNAMIC DIAMETERS;

AEROSOLS;

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; AEROSOL; AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HUMID ENVIRONMENT; METEOROLOGY; OXIDATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; REAL TIME; SAMPLING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SUBURBAN AREA; SULFATE; TRAJECTORY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; HONG KONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 84884152795     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50658     Document Type: Article

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