Chemical characteristics and light-absorbing property of water-soluble organic carbon in Beijing: Biomass burning contributions

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 121, Issue , 2015, Pages 4-12

  Yan, Caiqing ^a   Zheng, Mei ^a   Sullivan, Amy P ^b   Bosch, Carme ^c   Desyaterik, Yury ^b   Andersson, August ^c   Li, Xiaoying ^a   Guo, Xiaoshuang ^a   Zhou, Tian ^a   Gustafsson, Örjan ^c   Collett, Jeffrey L ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biomass burning; Levoglucosan; Light absorption; Saccharides; WSOC

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; HOUSING; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SUGARS; URBAN GROWTH;

BIOMASS-BURNING; CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTIC; FINE PARTICULATE MATTER; LEVOGLUCOSAN; LIGHT ABSORPTION COEFFICIENTS; SACCHARIDES; WATER-SOLUBLE ORGANIC CARBON; WSOC;

ORGANIC CARBON;

EID: 84929645692     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.05.005     Document Type: Article

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