Chemical composition of aerosol particles and light extinction apportionment before and during the heating season in Beijing, China

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 120, Issue 24, 2015, Pages 12,708-12,722

  Wang, Qingqing ^a,b   Sun, Yele ^a,c   Jiang, Qi ^a   Du, Wei ^a   Sun, Chengzhu ^d   Fu, Pingqing ^a   Wang, Zifa ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

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

^d HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL FORMATION; AMMONIUM NITRATE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEATING; MEGACITY; NITRATE; REAL TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84957074311     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JD023871     Document Type: Article

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