Radiocarbon-based source apportionment of carbonaceous aerosols at a regional background site on Hainan Island, South China

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2651-2659

  Zhang, Yan Lin ^a,b,c   Li, Jun ^c   Zhang, Gan ^c   Zotter, Peter ^b   Huang, Ru Jin ^b   Tang, Jian Hui ^d   Wacker, Lukas ^e   Prévoît, André S H ^b   Szidat, Sönke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^d YANTAI INSTITUTE OF COASTAL ZONE RESEARCH   (China)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUELS;

CARBONACEOUS AEROSOL; CARBONACEOUS PARTICLES; EC TRACER METHODS; ELEMENTAL CARBON; SECONDARY COMPONENTS; SECONDARY ORGANIC CARBON; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; VEHICLE EMISSION;

AEROSOLS;

CARBON 14; CARBONACEOUS AEROSOL; FOSSIL FUEL; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUND; RADIOACTIVE AEROSOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; CARBON; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; BIOGENIC EMISSION; BIOMASS BURNING; COMBUSTION; FOSSIL FUEL; NANOFOSSIL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; BACKGROUND SELECTION; CHINA; COMBUSTION; EXHAUST GAS; FOSSIL; FRACTIONATION; HUMAN; PHOTOOXIDATION; RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; AEROSOL; AIR; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); PARTICULATE MATTER; PROCEDURES; SEASON;

CHINA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

AEROSOLS; AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTANTS; BIOMASS; CARBON; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOSSIL FUELS; ISLANDS; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONS;

EID: 84895540297     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es4050852     Document Type: Article

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