Aldehydes in relation to air pollution sources: A case study around the Beijing Olympics

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 109, Issue , 2015, Pages 61-69

  Altemose, Brent ^a   Gong, Jicheng ^b   Zhu, Tong ^c   Hu, Min ^c   Zhang, Liwen ^c   Cheng, Hong ^c   Zhang, Lin ^a   Tong, Jian ^a   Kipen, Howard M ^d   Ohman Strickland, Pamela ^a   Meng, Qingyu ^a   Robson, Mark G ^e   Zhang, Junfeng ^b  

^a RUTGERS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Tsinghua University   (China)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acrolein; Air pollution; Aldehydes; Olympics; Pollutant sources; Principal component analysis

Indexed keywords

ACETALDEHYDE; AIR POLLUTION; ALDEHYDES; FORMALDEHYDE; HERBICIDES; POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION INDUCED CORROSION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ACROLEIN; AIR POLLUTION SOURCES; AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; CONCENTRATION RANGES; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; OLYMPICS; POLLUTANT SOURCES; VEGETATIVE BURNING;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL;

ACETALDEHYDE; ACROLEIN; ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; FORMALDEHYDE; OIL; OZONE;

AIR SAMPLING; ALDEHYDE; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; OLYMPIC GAMES; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SMOG;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BURN; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; CONTROL STRATEGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; METEOROLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SMOG; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84924401785     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.02.056     Document Type: Article

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