Multiple oxygen and sulfur isotope compositions of secondary atmospheric sulfate in a mega-city in central china

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 81, Issue , 2013, Pages 591-599

  Li, Xiaoqian ^a,b   Bao, Huiming ^b   Gan, Yiqun ^a   Zhou, Aiguo ^a   Liu, Yunde ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric sulfate; Mega city; Metal catalyzed O2 oxidation; Oxygen 17 anomaly; Rainwater

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PARTICULATE MATTER; CHEMISTRY TRANSPORT MODEL; ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS; MEGA-CITY; METAL-CATALYZED; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; OXYGEN-17; RAINWATER;

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CATALYSIS; FORECASTING; ISOTOPES; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

SULFUR;

OXYGEN; OZONE; RAIN; SULFATE; SULFUR; TRANSITION ELEMENT;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE EFFECT; GLOBAL CLIMATE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LATITUDE; MEGACITY; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PH; SULFATE; SULFUR ISOTOPE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHINA; GLOBAL CLIMATE; METEOROLOGY; MINERAL DUST; OXIDATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED STATES;

CHINA; HUBEI; WUHAN;

EID: 84885733774     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.09.051     Document Type: Article

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