One-year aerosol characterization study for PM2.5 and PM10 in Beijing

Atmospheric Pollution Research

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 554-562

  Wang, Wan ^a   Maenhaut, Willy ^b,c   Yang, Wen ^a   Liu, Xiande ^a   Bai, Zhipeng ^a   Zhang, Ting ^d   Claeys, Magda ^c   Cachier, Helene ^e   Dong, Shuping ^d   Wang, Yanli ^a  

^a CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d National Center for Environmental Analysis and Measurements   (China)

^e CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Biomass burning; Ionic characteristics; Levoglucosan; PM mass

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903311026     PISSN: 13091042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5094/APR.2014.064     Document Type: Article

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