Characteristics of new particle formation events in Nanjing, China: Effect of water-soluble ions

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 108, Issue , 2015, Pages 32-40

  An, Junlin ^a   Wang, Honglei ^a   Shen, Lijuan ^b   Zhu, Bin ^a   Zou, Jianan ^a   Gao, Jinhui ^a   Kang, Hanqing ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Jiaxing Environmental Monitoring Station   (China)

Author keywords

Atmospheric aerosol; NPF event; Number concentration; Water soluble ions; Yangtze River Delta

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY; IONS; METEOROLOGY;

METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; NPF EVENT; NUMBER CONCENTRATION; PARTICLE NUMBER SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; TRACE GAS CONCENTRATIONS; WATER-SOLUBLE IONS; YANGTZE RIVER DELTA;

WATER RESOURCES;

AEROSOL; AIR MASS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONDENSATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; PARTICLE SIZE; SOLUBILITY;

AEROSOL; AIR; ARTICLE; CHINA; GAS; GROWTH RATE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMIDITY; MASS; NEW PARTICLE FORMATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; SEASHORE; SPECTROMETER; SUMMER; VAPOR; WIDE RANGE PARTICLE SPECTROMETER; WIND;

CHINA;

EID: 84923883625     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.01.038     Document Type: Article

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