Heavy haze episodes in Beijing during January 2013: Inorganic ion chemistry and source analysis using highly time-resolved measurements from an urban site

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 544, Issue , 2016, Pages 319-329

  Han, Bin ^a   Zhang, Rui ^a,b   Yang, Wen ^a   Bai, Zhipeng ^a   Ma, Zhiqiang ^c   Zhang, Wenjie ^a  

^a CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b Beijing Municipal Research Institute of Environmental Protection   (China)

^c NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Beijing; Heavy haze episode; Highly time resolved; Meteorological factors; Water soluble inorganic ions in PM2.5

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COAL COMBUSTION; COAL DUST; FACTORIZATION; URBAN GROWTH;

BEIJING; HEAVY HAZE EPISODE; METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; TIME-RESOLVED; WATER SOLUBLE INORGANIC IONS;

IONS;

AMMONIA; CALCIUM; CHLORINE; COAL; ION; MAGNESIUM; NITRATE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SULFATE; AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AEROSOL; AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HAZE; ION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PARTICULATE MATTER; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHINA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HAZE; HUMIDITY; METEOROLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA; AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; BEIJING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METEOROLOGY; NITRATES; PARTICULATE MATTER; SULFATES;

EID: 84949266942     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.10.053     Document Type: Article

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