Fossil Fuel Combustion-Related Emissions Dominate Atmospheric Ammonia Sources during Severe Haze Episodes: Evidence from 15N-Stable Isotope in Size-Resolved Aerosol Ammonium

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 15, 2016, Pages 8049-8056

  Pan, Yuepeng ^a   Tian, Shili ^a   Liu, Dongwei ^b   Fang, Yunting ^b   Zhu, Xiaying ^c   Zhang, Qiang ^d   Zheng, Bo ^d   Michalski, Greg ^e   Wang, Yuesi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^c China Meteorological Administration   (China)

^d TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AMMONIA; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; FOSSIL FUELS; FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; ISOTOPES;

AEROSOL NUCLEATION; AGRICULTURAL EMISSIONS; ATMOSPHERIC AMMONIA; FOSSIL FUEL COMBUSTION; ISOTOPIC MEASUREMENT; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; SECONDARY AEROSOLS; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS;

AIR POLLUTION;

AMMONIA; FOSSIL FUEL; NITROGEN 15; AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; ISOTOPE;

AEROSOL; AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; AMMONIA; AMMONIUM; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMBUSTION; FOSSIL FUEL; HAZE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; POLICY MAKING; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; STABLE ISOTOPE; URBAN AREA;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHINA; COMBUSTION; EXHAUST GAS; FRACTIONATION; GAS EXCHANGE; HAZE; HUMIDITY; METEOROLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; RESOURCE PARTITIONING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLID; URBAN AREA; VELOCITY; WIND; WINTER; AIR POLLUTANT;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; AMMONIA; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; FOSSIL FUELS; ISOTOPES;

EID: 84980315446     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b00634     Document Type: Article

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