Evolution of particulate sulfate and nitrate along the Asian dust pathway: Secondary transformation and primary pollutants via long-range transport

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 169, Issue , 2016, Pages 86-95

  Wang, Qiongzhen ^a,d,e   Zhuang, Guoshun ^a   Huang, Kan ^b   Liu, Tingna ^a   Lin, Yanfen ^c   Deng, Congrui ^a   Fu, Qingyan ^c   Fu, Joshua S ^b   Chen, Jiakuan ^d   Zhang, Wenjie ^f   Yiming, Mijiti ^g  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b University of Tennessee   (United States)

^c Shanghai Environmental Monitoring Center   (China)

^d FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e Zhejiang Environmental Science and Design Institute   (China)

^f CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^g Hetian Environmental Monitoring Center   (China)

Author keywords

Formation mechanism; Long range regional transport; Nitrate; Source; Sulfate

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ALKALINITY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CARBON; LANDFORMS; NITRATES; RURAL AREAS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

BACKWARD TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS; COMPLEX CHEMICAL REACTIONS; FORMATION MECHANISM; HIGH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; LONG-RANGE/REGIONAL TRANSPORT; SOURCE; SULFATE; TEMPERATURE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY;

DUST;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DUST; FORMATION MECHANISM; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; NITRATE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SULFATE;

CHINA; TAKLIMAKAN DESERT; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 84944937654     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2015.09.013     Document Type: Article

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