Ground-level ozone in four Chinese cities: Precursors, regional transport and heterogeneous processes

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 13175-13188

  Xue, L K ^a,b   Wang, T ^a,b,c   Gao, J ^c   Ding, A J ^d   Zhou, X H ^b   Blake, D R ^e   Wang, X F ^b   Saunders, S M ^f   Fan, S J ^g   Zuo, H C ^h   Zhang, Q Z ^b   Wang, W X ^b,c  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^d NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^g SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^h LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RADICAL; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; GANSU; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU; LANZHOU; SHANGHAI;

EID: 84916620357     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-13175-2014     Document Type: Article

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