Relative contributions of secondary organic aerosol formation from toluene, xylenes, isoprene, and monoterpenes in hong kong and guangzhou in the pearl river delta, china: An emission-based box modeling study

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 507-519

  Wang, Siyuan ^a   Wu, Dongwei ^a   Wang, Xin Ming ^b   Fung, Jimmy Chi Hung ^a   Yu, Jian Zhen ^a  

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

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ISOPRENE; TOLUENE; URBAN GROWTH; XYLENE;

AMBIENT ATMOSPHERE; BIOGENIC VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; GAS-PARTICLE PARTITIONING; INORGANIC POLLUTANTS; ORGANIC PARTICULATE MATTERS; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOLS; SPARSE MATRIX OPERATOR KERNEL EMISSIONS;

MONOTERPENES;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL FORMATION; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ISOPRENE; MONOTERPENE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION MONITORING; TOLUENE; TRACER; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; XYLENE;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU; HONG KONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 84884886753     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD017985     Document Type: Article

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