Seasonal variations and sources of carboxylic acids in PM2.5 in Wuhan, China

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 517-528

  Guo, Haotian ^a   Zhou, Jiabin ^a   Wang, Lei ^a   Zhou, Ying ^a   Yuan, Jinpeng ^b   Zhao, Rusong ^b  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b QILU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Dicarboxylic acids; Monocarboxylic acids; Organic aerosols; Photochemical products; Positive matrix factorization

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; COAL COMBUSTION; FACTORIZATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PALMITIC ACID;

DICARBOXYLIC ACID; MONOCARBOXYLIC ACIDS; ORGANIC AEROSOL; PHOTOCHEMICAL PRODUCTS; POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION;

OXALIC ACID;

BIOMASS BURNING; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMBUSTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

CHINA; HUBEI; WUHAN;

EID: 84925944825     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2014.02.0040     Document Type: Article

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