Characteristics of 1 year of observational data of VOCs, NOx and O3 at a suburban site in Guangzhou, China

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 6625-6636

  Zou, Y ^a,b   Deng, X J ^a,b   Zhu, D ^b   Gong, D C ^b   Wang, H ^c   Li, F ^a   Tan, H B ^a   Deng, T ^a   Mai, B R ^a   Liu, X T ^a   Wang, B G ^b  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^b JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); NITROGEN OXIDES; NUMERICAL MODEL; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SUBURBAN AREA; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU;

EID: 84935031608     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-6625-2015     Document Type: Article

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