Analysis of organic sulfur compounds in atmospheric aerosols at the HKUST supersite in Hong Kong using HR-ToF-AMS

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 3672-3679

  Huang, Dan Dan ^a   Li, Yong Jie ^a,b   Lee, Berto P ^a   Chan, Chak K ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; SULFUR; SULFUR DETERMINATION;

AQUEOUS-PHASE PROCESSING; FRAGMENTATION PATTERNS; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT; IN-LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; METHANE SULFONIC ACID; ORGANIC SULFUR COMPOUNDS; PHOTOCHEMICAL ACTIVITY; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOLS;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

MESYLIC ACID; ORGANOSULFUR DERIVATIVE; AEROSOL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SULFATE; SULFUR DERIVATIVE;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COASTAL ZONE; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SULFUR;

ACIDITY; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; HONG KONG; IONIZATION; LIQUID WATER CONTENT; MASS SPECTROMETER; METEOROLOGY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOOXIDATION; SEASHORE; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT; AEROSOL; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CITY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PROCEDURES; SUNLIGHT; TIME;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERE; CITIES; HONG KONG; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SULFATES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SUNLIGHT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84925015137     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es5056269     Document Type: Article

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