Characterization of organic aerosols in Beijing using an aerodyne high-resolution aerosol mass spectrometer

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 877-888

  Zhang, Junke ^a   Wang, Yuesi ^a   Huang, Xiaojuan ^a   Liu, Zirui ^a   Ji, Dongsheng ^a   Sun, Yang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

aerosol mass spectrometer; organic aerosol; positive matrix factorization; seasonal difference

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926328359     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-014-4153-9     Document Type: Article

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