In situ acidity and pH of size-fractionated aerosols during a recent smoke-haze episode in Southeast Asia

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 843-859

  Behera, Sailesh N ^a   Cheng, Jinping ^b   Balasubramanian, Rajasekhar ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aerosol acidity; AIM IV; Biomass burning; Size fractionated aerosol; Smoke haze; Water soluble inorganic ions

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; AEROSOL; BIOMASS BURNING; HAZE; ION; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; SMOKE;

SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA];

AEROSOL; PARTICULATE MATTER; SMOKE;

AEROSOL; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PH; SINGAPORE; SMOKE;

AEROSOLS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SINGAPORE; SMOKE;

EID: 84942368873     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: 15732983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-014-9660-1     Document Type: Article

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