Molecular markers of biomass burning, fungal spores and biogenic SOA in the Taklimakan desert aerosols

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 130, Issue , 2016, Pages 64-73

  Fu, Pingqing ^a,g   Zhuang, Guoshun ^b   Sun, Yele ^a   Wang, Qiongzhen ^b,e   Chen, Jing ^d   Ren, Lujie ^a   Yang, Fan ^a   Wang, Zifa ^a   Pan, Xiaole ^f   Li, Xiangdong ^g   Kawamura, Kimitaka ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^e Zhejiang Environmental Science and Design Institute   (China)

^f KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

2 Methyltetrols; Asian dust; Biomass burning; Fungal spore; Taklimakan desert

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; BIOMASS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DUST; FUNGI; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LANDFORMS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MONOTERPENES; STORMS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

2-METHYLTETROLS; ASIAN DUST; BIOMASS-BURNING; FUNGAL SPORES; TAKLIMAKAN DESERT;

AEROSOLS;

2 METHYLGLYCERIC ACID; 2 METHYLTETROL; ALKENE; CARBOHYDRATE; ISOPRENE; LEVOGLUCOSAN; MOLECULAR MARKER; SESQUITERPENE; TERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL PROPERTY; BIOMARKER; BIOMASS BURNING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DESERT; DUST STORM; FUNGUS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; OXIDATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; TRACER; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DESERT; DUST; FUNGUS SPORE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; OXIDATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL;

CHINA; HETIAN; TAKLIMAKAN DESERT; TAZHONG; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 84959150264     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.10.087     Document Type: Article

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