Hotspot of glyoxal over the Pearl River delta seen from the OMI satellite instrument: Implications for emissions of aromatic hydrocarbons

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 4631-4639

  Chan Miller, Christopher ^a   J Jacob, Daniel ^a,b   González Abad, Gonzalo ^c   Chance, Kelly ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; EMISSION INVENTORY; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; SATELLITE DATA; SCIAMACHY; TRAFFIC EMISSION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 84966292058     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-16-4631-2016     Document Type: Article

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