Chemical composition of PM2.5 based on two-year measurements at an urban site in Beijing

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1748-1759

  Hu, Guoyuan ^a   Sun, Junying ^b   Zhang, Yangmei ^b   Shen, Xiaojing ^b   Yang, Yun ^b  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

Author keywords

Acidity; OC; PM2.5; Pollution; Water soluble ions

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; COAL COMBUSTION; IONS; NITRATES; ORGANIC CARBON; POLLUTION; QUARTZ; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; URBAN GROWTH; WATER POLLUTION; WATER VAPOR; AEROSOLS; MAGNESIUM;

CARBONACEOUS AEROSOL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; COMBUSTION EMISSIONS; MASS CONCENTRATION; PM2.5; PM2.5 CONCENTRATION; SECONDARY ORGANIC CARBONS (SOC); WATER-SOLUBLE IONS; ELEMENTAL CARBON; LOW CONCENTRATIONS;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

ACIDITY; AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COAL; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FILTER; IONIC COMPOSITION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLYMER; QUARTZ; SOLUBILITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN SITE; WATER VAPOR; HYDROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84942258584     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2014.11.0284     Document Type: Article

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