Influence of biomass burning plumes on HONO chemistry in eastern China

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1147-1159

  Nie, W ^a   Ding, A J ^a   Xie, Y N ^a   Xu, Z ^b   Mao, H ^a,d   Kerminen, V M ^c   Zheng, L F ^a,b   Qi, X M ^a   Huang, X ^a   Yang, X Q ^a   Sun, J N ^a   Herrmann, E ^a   Petaja T ^c   Kulmala, M ^c   Fu, C B ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIOMASS BURNING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOSSIL FUEL; HYDROXYL RADICAL; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PLUME; POTASSIUM;

CHINA; YANGTZE DELTA;

EID: 84961290254     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-1147-2015     Document Type: Article

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