Characteristics of ammonia, acid gases, and PM2.5 for three typical land-use types in the North China Plain

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 1158-1172

  Xu, Wen ^a   Wu, Qinghua ^a   Liu, Xuejun ^a   Tang, Aohan ^a   Dore, Anthony J ^b   Heal, Mathew R ^c  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Chemical characteristics; Control strategies; PM2.5; Reactive N; The North China Plain

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLING; AMMONIA; ATMOSPHERIC GAS; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LAND USE; NITROGEN; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION MONITORING;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA PLAIN;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; AMMONIA; GAS; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASON;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; AMMONIA; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GASES; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONS;

EID: 84954400996     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-015-5648-3     Document Type: Article

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