New insight into the spatiotemporal variability and source apportionments of C1-C4 alkyl nitrates in Hong Kong

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 13, 2016, Pages 8141-8156

  Ling, Zhenhao ^a,b   Guo, Hai ^b   Jane Simpson, Isobel ^c   Maria Saunders, Sandra ^d   Ho Man Lam, Sean ^d,e   Lyu, Xiaopu ^b   Ray Blake, Donald ^c  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e Pacific Environment Limited   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS BURNING; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; PEROXY RADICAL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; HONG KONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 84978159497     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-16-8141-2016     Document Type: Article

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