A multi-year evolution of aerosol chemistry impacting visibility and haze formation over an Eastern Asia megacity, Shanghai

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 92, Issue , 2014, Pages 76-86

  Lin, Yanfen ^a,d   Huang, Kan ^a,c   Zhuang, Guoshun ^a,b   Fu, Joshua S ^c   Wang, Qiongzhen ^a,b   Liu, Tingna ^a,b   Deng, Congrui ^a,b   Fu, Qingyan ^a,d  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shanghai Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Particle Pollution Prevention   (China)

^c University of Tennessee   (United States)

^d Shanghai Environmental Monitoring Center   (China)

Author keywords

Aerosol evolution; Ammonium salts; Chemical species; Haze; Visibility trend

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CALCIUM; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AMMONIUM SALT; CHEMICAL SPECIES; CONSTRUCTION WORKS; HAZE; HORIZONTAL VISIBILITY; QUANTITATIVE CORRELATION; VISIBILITY IMPAIRMENT; WATER-SOLUBLE IONS;

VISIBILITY;

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM NITRATE; AMMONIUM SULFATE; BLACK CARBON; CALCIUM; CARBON MONOXIDE; NITRATE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; POTASSIUM; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BLACK CARBON; CALCIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION; HAZE; INORGANIC SALT; OXIDE; SEASONAL VARIATION; VISIBILITY;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTROL STRATEGY; DUST; EVOLUTION; HAZE; HUMAN; METEOROLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; VISIBILITY; WINTER;

CHINA; SHANGHAI;

EID: 84898918068     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.04.007     Document Type: Article

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