Non-methane hydrocarbons (NMHCs) and their contribution to ozone formation potential in a petrochemical industrialized city, Northwest China

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 169, Issue , 2016, Pages 225-236

  Jia, Chenhui ^a   Mao, Xiaoxuan ^a   Huang, Tao ^a   Liang, Xiaoxue ^a   Wang, Yanan ^a   Shen, Yanjie ^a   Jiang, Wanyanhan ^a   Wang, Huiqin ^a   Bai, Zhilin ^b   Ma, Minquan ^b   Yu, Zhousuo ^b   Ma, Jianmin ^a   Gao, Hong ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Lanzhou Environmental Monitoring Station   (China)

Author keywords

Non methane hydrocarbons; OZIPR; Ozone formation potential; PCA; Source apportionment

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; AIR POLLUTION; BUTENES; ETHANE; HYDROCARBONS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; LINEAR REGRESSION; METHANE; OZONE; PARAFFINS; PETROCHEMICALS; PROPYLENE;

NON-METHANE HYDROCARBONS; OZIPR; OZONE FORMATION POTENTIALS; PCA; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HYDROCARBON; OZONE; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROPANE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOLUENE; TRAFFIC EMISSION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

CHINA; GANSU; LANZHOU;

EID: 84945556066     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2015.10.006     Document Type: Article

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