Chemical composition, sources and evolution processes of aerosol at an urban site in Yangtze River Delta, China during wintertime

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 123, Issue , 2015, Pages 339-349

  Zhang, Yunjiang ^a,b   Tang, Lili ^a,b   Yu, Hongxia ^c   Wang, Zhuang ^a   Sun, Yele ^d   Qin, Wei ^b   Chen, Wentai ^b   Chen, Changhong ^e   Ding, Aijun ^c   Wu, Jing ^a   Ge, Shun ^b   Chen, Cheng ^b   Zhou, Hong Cang ^a  

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

^b Jiangsu Environmental Monitoring Center   (China)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^e SHANGHAI ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Components; Evolution processes; Haze; PM1; Sources; YRD

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; BALLOONS; CHEMICAL SPECIATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE SOURCES; FACTORIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDATION; URBAN GROWTH;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; COMPONENTS; EVOLUTION PROCESS; HAZE; METEOROLOGICAL INFLUENCE; POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION; SECONDARY INORGANIC AEROSOL; YRD;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

AMMONIA; CHLORIDE; HYDROCARBON; NITRATE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SULFATE;

AEROSOL; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL FORMATION; BIOMASS BURNING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELD METHOD; HAZE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN AREA; URBAN POLLUTION; WINTER;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HAZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUMMER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; WINTER;

CHINA; JIANGSU; NANJING [JIANGSU]; YANGTZE DELTA;

EID: 84949536771     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.08.017     Document Type: Article

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