Characteristics of aerosol size distributions and chemical compositions during wintertime pollution episodes in Beijing

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 168, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-12

  Liu, Zirui ^a   Hu, Bo ^a   Zhang, Junke ^a   Yu, Yangchun ^a   Wang, Yuesi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Chemical composition; Evolution of pollution episode; Particle number size distribution; Secondary transformation

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; NITRATES; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; URBAN GROWTH;

AEROSOL SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENTS; HETEROGENEOUS REACTIONS; NUMBER SIZE DISTRIBUTION; PARTICLE NUMBER SIZE DISTRIBUTION; POLLUTION EPISODES; SECONDARY TRANSFORMATION;

POLLUTION;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSFORMATION; WINTER;

BEIJING [BEIJING (ADS)]; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84941642098     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2015.08.013     Document Type: Article

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