A yearlong study of water-soluble organic carbon in Beijing I: Sources and its primary vs. secondary nature

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 92, Issue , 2014, Pages 514-521

  Du, Zhenyu ^a   He, Kebin ^a,b,c   Cheng, Yuan ^a   Duan, Fengkui ^a   Ma, Yongliang ^a   Liu, Jiumeng ^d,e   Zhang, Xiaolu ^d,f   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 PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f Davis   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass burning; SOA; Source apportionment; WSOC

Indexed keywords

FACTORIZATION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

BIOMASS-BURNING; FINE PARTICULATE MATTER (PM2.5); POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION MODELS; SECONDARY COMPONENTS; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOLS; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; WATER-SOLUBLE ORGANIC CARBON; WSOC;

ORGANIC CARBON;

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

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL FORMATION; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOMASS BURNING; ORGANIC CARBON; OXALATE; SEASONALITY; SULFATE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHINA; COMBUSTION; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; ELEMENTAL CARBON; ELEMENTAL CARBON TRACER METHOD; FALLING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMIDITY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PARTICULATE MATTER; POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL; SPRING; SUMMER; WIND; WINTER;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84900006815     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.04.060     Document Type: Article

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