A case study of the highly time-resolved evolution of aerosol chemical and optical properties in urban Shanghai, China

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 3931-3944

  Huang, Y ^a   Li, L ^a   Li, J ^a   Wang, X ^a   Chen, H ^a   Chen, J ^a   Yang, X ^a   Gross, D S ^b   Wang, H ^c   Qiao, L ^c   Chen, C ^c  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CARLETON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c SHANGHAI ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL FORMATION; AEROSOL PROPERTY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; REAL TIME;

CHINA; EAST CHINA SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SHANGHAI;

EID: 84890907630     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-3931-2013     Document Type: Article

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