The use of levoglucosan and radiocarbon for source apportionment of PM 2.5 carbonaceous aerosols at a background site in East China

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 10454-10461

  Liu, Di ^a,c   Li, Jun ^a   Zhang, Yanlin ^a   Xu, Yue ^a   Liu, Xiang ^a   Ding, Ping ^a   Shen, Chengde ^a   Chen, Yingjun ^b   Tian, Chongguo ^b   Zhang, Gan ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b YANTAI INSTITUTE OF COASTAL ZONE RESEARCH   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC AIR POLLUTION; BIOGENIC EMISSION; CARBONACEOUS AEROSOL; CARBONACEOUS MATTER; FINE PARTICULATE MATTER; FOSSIL FUEL EMISSIONS; MASS CONCENTRATION; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT;

FOSSIL FUELS; FUELS;

BIOMASS;

CARBON; CARBON 14; ELEMENTAL CARBON; FOSSIL FUEL; LEVOGLUCOSAN; ORGANIC CARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; CARBON ISOTOPE; FOSSIL FUEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RADIONUCLIDE;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BURN; CHINA; COMBUSTION; ECOSYSTEM; MASS; PARTICULATE MATTER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; WIND; WINTER;

CHINA;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; BIOMASS; CARBON; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOSSIL FUELS; GLUCOSE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONS;

EID: 84884270727     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es401250k     Document Type: Article

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