Characteristics and origins of carbonaceous aerosol in the Sichuan Basin, China

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 94, Issue , 2014, Pages 215-223

  Chen, Yuan ^a   Xie, Shaodong ^a   Luo, Bin ^b   Zhai, Chongzhi ^c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Sichuan Environmental Monitoring Center   (China)

^c Chongqing Academy of Environmental Science   (China)

Author keywords

Biomass burning; Elemental carbon; Fine particle; Organic carbon; Sichuan Basin; SOC

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AGRICULTURAL WASTES; CARBON; ORGANIC CARBON; POLLUTION;

BIOMASS-BURNING; ELEMENTAL CARBON; FINE PARTICLES; SICHUAN BASIN; SOC;

BIOMASS;

CARBON; ELEMENTAL CARBON; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; POTASSIUM ION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL FORMATION; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ORGANIC CARBON; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AEROSOL; AGRICULTURAL WASTE; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BIOMASS; BIOMASS BURNING; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHINA; HARVEST; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RIVER BASIN; SEASON; SPRING; SUMMER; WATER POLLUTION; WINTER;

CHENGDU; CHINA; CHONGQING; NEIJIANG; SICHUAN; SICHUAN BASIN;

EID: 84901324541     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.05.037     Document Type: Article

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