Long-term real-time measurements of aerosol particle composition in Beijing, China: Seasonal variations, meteorological effects, and source analysis

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 10149-10165

  Sun, Y L ^a   Wang, Z F ^a   Du, W ^a,b   Zhang, Q ^c   Wang, Q Q ^a   Fu, P Q ^a   Pan, X L ^d   Li, J ^a   Jayne, J ^e   Worsnop, D R ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e AERODYNE RESEARCH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL FORMATION; AEROSOL PROPERTY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIURNAL VARIATION; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; REAL TIME; SEASONAL VARIATION;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; TAIHANG MOUNTAINS;

SIA;

EID: 84941271140     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-10149-2015     Document Type: Article

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