Source apportionment of urban fine particle number concentration during summertime in Beijing

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 96, Issue , 2014, Pages 359-369

  Liu, Z R ^a   Hu, B ^a   Liu, Q ^a,b   Sun, Y ^a   Wang, Y S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b Beijing Weather Modification Office   (China)

Author keywords

Chemical composition; Fine particle; Number size distribution; Positive matrix factorization; Source apportionment

Indexed keywords

COAL; COMBUSTION; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NITRATES; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; FINE PARTICLES; NUMBER SIZE DISTRIBUTION; POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT;

AEROSOLS;

NITRATE; NITROGEN OXIDE;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SUMMER; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHINA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; EXHAUST GAS; FINE PARTICLE NUMBER CONCENTRATION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL; URBAN AREA;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84905386772     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.06.055     Document Type: Article

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