Concentration and size distribution of total airborne microbes in hazy and foggy weather

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 541, Issue , 2016, Pages 1011-1018

  Dong, Lijie ^a   Qi, Jianhua ^a   Shao, Congcong ^a   Zhong, Xi ^a   Gao, Dongmei ^a   Cao, Wanwan ^a   Gao, Jiawei ^a   Bai, Ran ^a   Long, Gaoyuan ^a   Chu, Congcong ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Bioaerosols; Fog; Haze; Microbes; Size distribution

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AIR QUALITY; FOG; MICROORGANISMS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

BIMODAL DISTRIBUTION; BIOAEROSOLS; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPE; HAZE; MICROBES; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SPEARMAN CORRELATION;

BACTERIA;

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; 4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AEROBIOLOGY; AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOG; HAZE; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; WEATHER; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MICROBIOLOGY; SEASON;

CHINA; QINGDAO; SHANDONG;

AEROSOLS; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANTS; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDOLES; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONS; WEATHER;

EID: 84944104444     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.10.001     Document Type: Article

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