Molecular characterization of atmospheric particulate organosulfates in three megacities at the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 2285-2298

  Wang, Xin Ke ^a   Rossignol, Stéphanie ^b,c   Ma, Ye ^a   Yao, Lei ^a   Wang, Ming Yi ^a   Chen, Jian Min ^a   George, Christian ^b,c   Wang, Lin ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c INST DE RECHERCHES SUR LA CATALYSE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEGACITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NITRATE; OXIDATION; PAH; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SULFATE;

CHINA; HUBEI; JIANGSU; NANJING [JIANGSU]; SHANGHAI; WUHAN; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 84959421163     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-16-2285-2016     Document Type: Article

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