The pollution levels of BTEX and carbonyls under haze and non-haze days in Beijing, China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 490, Issue , 2014, Pages 391-396

  Zhang, Yujie ^a,b   Mu, Yujing ^b   Meng, Fan ^a   Li, Hong ^a   Wang, Xuezhong ^a   Zhang, Weiqi ^a   Mellouki, Abdelwahid ^c   Gao, Jian ^a   Zhang, Xinmin ^a   Wang, Shulan ^a   Chai, Fahe ^a  

^a CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

BTEX; Carbonyls; Haze; Local emission; Photochemical reaction

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; AIR QUALITY; ETHYLBENZENE; FREE RADICALS; XYLENE;

BEIJING , CHINA; BTEX; CARBONYLS; ENHANCEMENT FACTOR; HAZE; LOCAL EMISSIONS; NORTH CHINA PLAIN; REGIONAL AIR QUALITY;

PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS;

AIR POLLUTANT; BENZENE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; ETHYLBENZENE; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERE; BENZENE; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; TOLUENE; XYLENES;

EID: 84901302368     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.05.025     Document Type: Article

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