Chemical characteristics and causes of airborne particulate pollution in warm seasons in Wuhan, central China

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 16, 2016, Pages 10671-10687

  Lyu, Xiaopu ^a   Chen, Nan ^b   Guo, Hai ^a   Zeng, Lewei ^a   Zhang, Weihao ^c   Shen, Fan ^b   Quan, Jihong ^b   Wang, Nan ^d  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b Xiajiawan   (China)

^c WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Institute of Tropical and Marine Meteorology   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE MATTER; POTASSIUM; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT;

CHINA; HUBEI; WUHAN;

EID: 84984876809     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-16-10671-2016     Document Type: Article

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