A review on black carbon emissions, worldwide and in China

Chemosphere

Volumn 107, Issue , 2014, Pages 83-93

  Ni, Mingjiang ^a   Huang, Jianxin ^a   Lu, Shengyong ^a   Li, Xiaodong ^a   Yan, Jianhua ^a   Cen, Kefa ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Black carbon; Controlled combustion; Formation; Inventory; Measurement; Open burning

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FOSSIL FUELS; MEASUREMENT; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

BLACK CARBON; BLACK CARBON EMISSION; CARBONACEOUS PRODUCTS; COMBUSTION PARAMETERS; EMISSION CHARACTERISTICS; FORMATION; INVENTORY; OPEN BURNING;

WASTE INCINERATION;

BIOFUEL; BIOGAS; BLACK CARBON; COAL; DIESEL FUEL; FUEL OIL; GASOLINE; KEROSENE; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; NATURAL GAS; PETROLEUM; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BLACK CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMBUSTION; DEVELOPING WORLD; EMISSION INVENTORY; HEALTH RISK; POLLUTANT SOURCE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ABSORPTION; AEROSOL; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; BIOMASS; CATALYSIS; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMBUSTION; CROP; DIFFUSION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FIRE; FLAME; FLUE GAS; FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GRASSLAND; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMAN; MOTOR VEHICLE; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; PARTICULATE MATTER; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; REVIEW; SAVANNA; TEMPERATURE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

CHINA;

BLACK CARBON; CONTROLLED COMBUSTION; FORMATION; INVENTORY; MEASUREMENT; OPEN BURNING;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; CHINA; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SOOT;

EID: 84901396485     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.02.052     Document Type: Review

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