Impact of air humidity fluctuation on the rise of PM mass concentration based on the high-resolution monitoring data

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 543-552

  Zhang, Liyuan ^a   Cheng, Yan ^a   Zhang, Yue ^a   He, Yuanping ^a   Gu, Zhaolin ^a   Yu, Chuck ^a,b  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b International Society of the Built Environment ISBE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerosol concentration; Fluctuation of RH; PM abrupt rise; PM accumulative rise; Relative humidity (RH)

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; FOG; POLLUTION; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AEROSOL CONCENTRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GASEOUS POLLUTANTS; HIGH-RESOLUTION MONITORING; MASS CONCENTRATION; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; STRONG CORRELATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AIR POLLUTION;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NITROUS OXIDE; OBSERVATORY; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU; SHAANXI; SHANGHAI; XIAN;

EID: 85010737408     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2016.07.0296     Document Type: Article

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