Diurnal and seasonal trends of carbonyl compounds in roadside, urban, and suburban environment of Hong Kong

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 89, Issue , 2014, Pages 43-51

  Cheng, Y ^a,b   Lee, S C ^c   Huang, Y ^c   Ho, K F ^d   Ho, S S H ^b,d,e   Yau, P S ^c   Louie, P K K ^f   Zhang, R J ^g  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT   (Hong Kong)

^g INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Carbonyls; Diurnal variations; Seasonal variations

Indexed keywords

CARBONYLS; DIURNAL VARIATION; GOOD CORRELATIONS; MAXIMUM CONCENTRATIONS; SEASONAL AND DIURNAL VARIATIONS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT; VEHICULAR EMISSION;

CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBONYL COMPOUNDS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS;

ROADSIDES;

2 BUTANONE; ACETALDEHYDE; ACETONE; ACROLEIN; BENZALDEHYDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; CROTONALDEHYDE; FORMALDEHYDE; HEXANAL; ISOVALERALDEHYDE; NITRIC OXIDE; OZONE; PENTANAL; PROPIONALDEHYDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBONYL COMPOUND; CORRELATION; DIURNAL VARIATION; EMISSION; FORMALDEHYDE; OZONE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUBURBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HONG KONG; HUMIDITY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUBURBAN AREA; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE; URBAN AREA; WINTER;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 84896837512     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.02.014     Document Type: Article

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