Seasonal variations of monocarbonyl and dicarbonyl in urban and sub-urban sites of Xi'an, China

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 186, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2835-2849

  Ho, K F ^a,b   Ho, Steven Sai Hang ^b,c   Dai, W T ^b   Cao, J J ^b   Huang, Ru Jin ^d   Tian, Linwei ^a   Deng, W J ^e  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^e THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Carbonyls; Glyoxal; Methylglyoxal; Northwestern China; Risk analysis

Indexed keywords

ACETALDEHYDE; ACETONE; FORMALDEHYDE; PHOTOLYSIS; PHOTOOXIDATION; RISK ANALYSIS; SUN; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; CARBONYLS; GLYOXAL; METHYLGLYOXAL; NORTHWESTERN CHINA; REMOVAL MECHANISM; SEASONAL VARIATION; XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY;

URBAN GROWTH;

1,2 DICARBONYL DERIVATIVE; ACETALDEHYDE; ACETONE; ALDEHYDE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; DICARBONYL; FORMALDEHYDE; GLYOXAL; HYDROXYL RADICAL; METHYGLYOXAL; MONOCARBONYL; ORGANIC SOLVENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ACETALDEHYDE; ACETONE; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBONYL COMPOUND; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FORMALDEHYDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; PHOTOLYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLVENT; SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN SITE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EVAPORATION; PHOTOLYSIS; PHOTOOXIDATION; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SMOG; SOLAR RADIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; URBAN AREA; WINTER;

CHINA; HEIHE; HEILONGJIANG; SHAANXI; XIAN;

ACETALDEHYDE; ACETONE; AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERE; CHINA; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; SEASONS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84898861376     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-013-3584-6     Document Type: Article

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