Variability, formation and acidity of water-soluble ions in PM2.5 in Beijing based on the semi-continuous observations

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 145-146, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-11

  Hu, Guoyuan ^a   Zhang, Yangmei ^b   Sun, Junying ^b   Zhang, Leiming ^c   Shen, Xiaojing ^b   Lin, Weili ^d   Yang, Yun ^b  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d Meteorological Observation Center of China Meteorlogical Administration   (China)

Author keywords

Acidic aerosol; Diurnal cycles; Oxidation ratio; Seasonal variation; Water soluble aerosol

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ALKALINITY; AMMONIA; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; URBAN GROWTH;

ACIDIC AEROSOLS; DIURNAL CYCLE; FORMATION MECHANISM; GASEOUS PRECURSORS; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER SOLUBLE INORGANIC IONS; WATERSOLUBLE;

IONS;

ACIDITY; AEROSOL; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AMMONIA; AMMONIUM; NITRATE; OXIDATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SULFATE; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84898681192     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2014.03.014     Document Type: Article

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