Diurnal and temporal variations of water-soluble dicarboxylic acids and related compounds in aerosols from the northern vicinity of Beijing: Implication for photochemical aging during atmospheric transport

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 499, Issue , 2014, Pages 154-165

  He, Nannan ^a,c   Kawamura, Kimitaka ^a   Okuzawa, K ^a   Pochanart, P ^b,d   Liu, Y ^b,e   Kanaya, Y ^b   Wang, Z F ^c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION   (Thailand)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Aqueous phase production; Dicarboxylic acids; Glyoxylic acid; Organic aerosols; Oxalic acid; Photochemical aging

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; DICARBOXYLIC ACID; GLYOXYLIC ACIDS; ORGANIC AEROSOL; RELATED COMPOUNDS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

OXALIC ACID;

AZELAIC ACID; CARBON; CARBOXYLIC ACID; DICARBOXYLIC ACID; GLYOXAL; GLYOXYLIC ACID; METHYLGLYOXAL; NONANOIC ACID; OCTANOIC ACID; OMEGA OXONONANOIC ACID; OMEGA OXOOCTANOIC ACID; OXALIC ACID; OXOCARBOXYLIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT;

AEROSOL; AGING; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CARBOXYLIC ACID; DIURNAL VARIATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOOXIDATION;

AEROSOL; AIR ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHINA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FOREST; HUMIDITY; NIGHT; PHOTOCHEMICAL AGING; PHOTOOXIDATION; TIME; URBAN AREA; AIR; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PHOTOCHEMISTRY;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

AEROSOLS; AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERE; CHINA; DICARBOXYLIC ACIDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES;

EID: 84906731583     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.08.050     Document Type: Article

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