Real-Time Characterization of Aerosol Particle Composition above the Urban Canopy in Beijing: Insights into the Interactions between the Atmospheric Boundary Layer and Aerosol Chemistry

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 19, 2015, Pages 11340-11347

  Sun, Yele ^a   Du, Wei ^a,b   Wang, Qingqing ^a   Zhang, Qi ^c   Chen, Chen ^a,d   Chen, Yong ^a   Chen, Zhenyi ^e   Fu, Pingqing ^a   Wang, Zifa ^a   Gao, Zhiqiu ^d   Worsnop, Douglas R ^f  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^e ANHUI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

^f AERODYNE RESEARCH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CHARACTERIZATION; CHEMICAL SPECIATION; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL MASS SPECTROMETERS; AEROSOL-PARTICLE COMPOSITION; BOUNDARY LAYER STRUCTURE; GAS-PARTICLE PARTITIONING; METEOROLOGICAL TOWER; REAL TIME MEASUREMENTS; REAL-TIME CHARACTERIZATIONS;

AIR POLLUTION;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION; NITRATE; PARTITIONING; POLLUTANT SOURCE; REAL TIME; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TEMPORAL VARIATION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; VERTICAL MIXING;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CANOPY; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; GAS ANALYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METEOROLOGY; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL; TEMPERATURE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; ATMOSPHERE; CITY; COMPUTER SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMIDITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTICLE SIZE; TIME FACTOR; WIND;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

AEROSOL; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERE; BEIJING; CITIES; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMIDITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PARTICLE SIZE; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WIND;

EID: 84943329643     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b02373     Document Type: Article

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