Source contributions to primary and secondary inorganic particulate matter during a severe wintertime PM2.5 pollution episode in Xi'an, China

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 97, Issue , 2014, Pages 182-194

  Wang, Dexiang ^a   Hu, Jianlin ^b   Xu, Yong ^a   Lv, Di ^a   Xie, Xiaoyang ^a   Kleeman, Michael ^b   Xing, Jia ^c   Zhang, Hongliang ^b,d   Ying, Qi ^e  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

EDGAR; Particulate matter; Source apportionment; WRF CMAQ; Xi'an

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AIR QUALITY; COAL COMBUSTION; COAL INDUSTRY; DUST; HOUSING; MASS TRANSPORTATION; NITRATES; ORGANIC CARBON; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WASTE INCINERATION;

EDGAR; PARTICULATE MATTER; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; WRF/CMAQ; XI'AN;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

AMMONIA; NITRATE; ORGANIC CARBON; SULFATE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INORGANIC MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SULFATE; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOGENIC EMISSION; DUST; INORGANIC COMPOUND; PARTICULATE MATTER; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHINA; DRY DEPOSITION; DUST; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY YIELD; EXHAUST GAS; INDUSTRIAL AREA; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; URBAN AREA; WET DEPOSITION; WINTER; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRY; WASTE;

CHINA; SHAANXI; XIAN;

EID: 84904090190     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.08.020     Document Type: Article

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