Characteristics of individual particles in the atmosphere of Guangzhou by single particle mass spectrometry

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 153, Issue , 2015, Pages 286-295

  Zhang, Guohua ^a   Han, Bingxue ^a,b   Bi, Xinhui ^a   Dai, Shouhui ^a,b   Huang, Wei ^a,b   Chen, Duohong ^c   Wang, Xinming ^a   Sheng, Guoying ^a   Fu, Jiamo ^a   Zhou, Zhen ^d  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Guangdong Environmental Monitoring Center   (China)

^d JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Mixing state; PRD; Secondary aerosol; Single particle; Single particle mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

MIXING STATE; PRD; SECONDARY AEROSOLS; SINGLE PARTICLE; SINGLE PARTICLE MASS SPECTROMETRY;

AEROSOL; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; DIURNAL VARIATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MIXING RATIO; NITRATE; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SULFATE;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU;

EID: 84907494133     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2014.08.016     Document Type: Article

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