Changes in visibility with PM2.5 composition and relative humidity at a background site in the Pearl River Delta region

Journal of Environmental Sciences (China)

Volumn 40, Issue , 2016, Pages 10-19

  Fu, Xiaoxin ^a,b   Wang, Xinming ^a   Hu, Qihou ^a   Li, Guanghui ^a,b   Ding, Xiang ^a   Zhang, Yanli ^a   He, Quanfu ^a,b   Liu, Tengyu ^a,b   Zhang, Zhou ^a,b   Yu, Qingqing ^a,b   Shen, Ruqing ^a,b   Bi, Xinhui ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Light extinction coefficient; Mass scattering efficiency; PM2.5; Relative humidity; Visibility

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BUDGET CONTROL; CARBON; EFFICIENCY; LIGHT EXTINCTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; LINEAR REGRESSION;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; HYGROSCOPIC GROWTH FACTOR; INTERAGENCY MONITORING OF PROTECTED VISUAL ENVIRONMENTS; LIGHT EXTINCTION COEFFICIENTS; LIGHT SCATTERING COEFFICIENT S; MASS SCATTERING EFFICIENCY; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSIONS; PEARL RIVER DELTA REGION;

VISIBILITY;

BACKGROUND LEVEL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LIGHT SCATTERING; PARTICULATE MATTER; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; VISIBILITY;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

AMMONIUM NITRATE; AMMONIUM SULFATE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTION; ALGORITHM; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMIDITY; LIGHT; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AIR POLLUTION; ALGORITHMS; AMMONIUM SULFATE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMIDITY; LIGHT; LINEAR MODELS; NITRATES; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONS;

EID: 84960491866     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2015.12.001     Document Type: Article

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