Modeling organic aerosols over east China using a volatility basis-set approach with aging mechanism in a regional air quality model

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 124, Issue , 2016, Pages 186-198

  Han, Zhiwei ^a   Xie, Zuxin ^a,b   Wang, Gehui ^c   Zhang, Renjian ^a   Tao, Jun ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b Fujian Institute of Meteorological Science   (China)

^c Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^d SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Air quality model; Chemical aging; East China; Secondary organic aerosol; Volatility basis set

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AIR QUALITY; CARBON; FORECASTING; MONOTERPENES; RIVERS; WATER ANALYSIS;

AIR QUALITY MODELING; BASIS SETS; CHEMICAL AGING; EAST CHINA; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOLS;

ORGANIC CARBON;

ALKANE; ALKENE; ISOPRENE; ORGANIC CARBON; SESQUITERPENE; TERPENE;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE MATTER; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL AGING; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENTHALPY; GAS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; VAPORIZATION;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; YANGTZE RIVER; YELLOW RIVER; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 84949625191     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.05.045     Document Type: Article

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