Size-resolved aerosol ionic composition and secondary formation at Mount Heng in South Central China

Frontiers of Environmental Science and Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 815-826

  Wang, Xinfeng ^a   Wang, Wenxing ^a   Xue, Likun ^b   Gao, Xiaomei ^a   Nie, Wei ^a   Yu, Yangchun ^a   Zhou, Yang ^a   Yang, Lingxiao ^a   Zhang, Qingzhu ^a   Wang, Tao ^b  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

aerosol water soluble ions; dust storm; Mount Heng; secondary formation; size distributions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887412949     PISSN: 20952201     EISSN: 2095221X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11783-013-0503-6     Document Type: Article

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