Composition and hygroscopicity of aerosol particles at Mt. Lu in South China: Implications for acid precipitation

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 94, Issue , 2014, Pages 626-636

  Li, Weijun ^a   Chi, Jianwei ^a   Shi, Zongbo ^b   Wang, Xinfeng ^a   Chen, Bin ^a   Wang, Yan ^a   Li, Tao ^a   Chen, Jianmin ^a   Zhang, Daizhou ^c   Wang, Zifa ^d   Shi, Chune ^e   Liu, Liangke ^f   Wang, Wenxing ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF KUMAMOTO   (Japan)

^d INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^e Anhui Institute of Meteorological Sciences   (China)

^f NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Acid precipitation; Aerosol formation; Hygroscopicity; Individual particle

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; LEAD; LIQUIDS; ORGANIC COATINGS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SULFUR DIOXIDE; WATER POLLUTION;

ACID PRECIPITATION; AEROSOL FORMATION; HYGROSCOPICITY; INDIVIDUAL PARTICLE ANALYSIS; INDIVIDUAL PARTICLES; LIQUID-PHASE REACTION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; YANGTZE RIVER DELTA;

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

AMMONIUM NITRATE; AMMONIUM SULFATE; HYDROGEN; ION; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; MINERAL; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN DERIVATIVE; SULFATE; WATER; ZINC;

ACID PRECIPITATION; ACIDITY; AEROSOL; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYGROSCOPICITY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SULFURIC ACID;

ACID PRECIPITATION; ACIDITY; AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHINA; CLOUD; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; EXHAUST GAS; HUMIDITY; INDUSTRY; OXIDATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOOT; TEMPERATURE; TROPOSPHERE; URBAN AREA; WATER VAPOR; WETTABILITY; WIND;

CHINA; JIANGXI; LUSHAN MOUNTAINS;

EID: 84902185190     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.06.003     Document Type: Article

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