Oxidative capacity and radical chemistry in the polluted atmosphere of Hong Kong and Pearl River Delta region: Analysis of a severe photochemical smog episode

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 15, 2016, Pages 9891-9903

  Xue, Likun ^a   Gu, Rongrong ^a   Wang, Tao ^a,b   Wang, Xinfeng ^a   Saunders, Sandra ^c   Blake, Donald ^d   Louie, Peter K K ^e   Luk, Connie W Y ^e   Simpson, Isobel ^d   Xu, Zheng ^a   Wang, Zhe ^b   Gao, Yuan ^b   Lee, Shuncheng ^b   Mellouki, Abdelwahid ^a   Wang, Wenxing ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL FORMATION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; HYDROXYL RADICAL; NITROGEN OXIDES; OXIDATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOLYSIS;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; HONG KONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 84981333351     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-16-9891-2016     Document Type: Article

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