Chemical composition, sources, and aging process of submicron aerosols in Beijing: Contrast between summer and winter

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1955-1977

  Hu, Weiwei ^a,b   Hu, Min ^a   Hu, Wei ^a   Jimenez, Jose L ^b,c   Yuan, Bin ^a,b,d   Chen, Wentai ^a   Wang, Ming ^a   Wu, Yusheng ^a   Chen, Chen ^a   Wang, Zhibin ^a,e   Peng, Jianfei ^a   Zeng, Limin ^a   Shao, Min ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c Cooperative Institute for Research in the Environmental Sciences ^*  (United States)

^d EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AGING; BLACK CARBON; CHLORIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION INVENTORY; HAZE; HUMIDITY; NITROUS OXIDE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUMMER; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; URBAN POLLUTION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WINTER;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84959421927     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JD024020     Document Type: Article

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