A yearlong study of water-soluble organic carbon in Beijing II: Light absorption properties

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 89, Issue , 2014, Pages 235-241

  Du, Zhenyu ^a   He, Kebin ^a,b,c   Cheng, Yuan ^a   Duan, Fengkui ^a   Ma, Yongliang ^a   Liu, Jiumeng ^d   Zhang, Xiaolu ^d,e   Zheng, Mei ^d   Weber, Rodney ^d  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b STATE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION KEY LABORATORY OF SOURCES AND CONTROL OF AIR POLLUTION COMPLEX   (China)

^c Equipment for Water Pollution Control   (China)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass burning; Brown carbon; Light absorption; WSOC

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FACTORIZATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; ORGANIC CARBON; OXALIC ACID; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

BIOMASS-BURNING; BROWN CARBONS; FINE PARTICULATE MATTER (PM2.5); POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION MODELS; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER-SOLUBLE ORGANIC CARBON; WAVELENGTH DEPENDENCE; WSOC;

WATER ABSORPTION;

LEVOGLUCOSAN; ORGANIC CARBON; OXALIC ACID; SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER SOLUBLE ORGANIC CARBON;

ABSORBANCE; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AIR SAMPLING; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOGENIC EMISSION; BIOMASS BURNING; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE MATTER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BURN; CHINA; FALLING; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUMMER; UNITED STATES; WINTER;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84896875035     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.02.022     Document Type: Article

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