Characteristics of the secondary water-soluble ions in a typical autumn haze in Beijing

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 227, Issue , 2017, Pages 296-305

  Xu, Lili ^a   Duan, Fengkui ^a   He, Kebin ^a   Ma, Yongliang ^a   Zhu, Lidan ^a   Zheng, Yixuan ^a   Huang, Tao ^b   Kimoto, Takashi ^b   Ma, Tao ^a   Li, Hui ^a   Ye, Siqi ^a   Yang, Shuo ^a   Sun, Zhenli ^a   Xu, Beiyao ^c  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tennouji Ku   (Japan)

^c CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biomass burning; Haze; Heterogeneous processes; Secondary water soluble ions

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; FOG; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SULFUR DIOXIDE;

BIOMASS-BURNING; HAZE; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS; POSITIVE FEEDBACK LOOP; SECONDARY INORGANIC AEROSOL; SECONDARY TRANSFORMATION; WATER-SOLUBLE IONS;

WATER POLLUTION;

AMMONIA; ION; NITRATE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SECONDARY WATER SOLUBLE ION; SULFATE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PARTICULATE MATTER; WATER;

AMMONIUM; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; AUTUMN; BIOMASS BURNING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FORMATION MECHANISM; HAZE; ION; NITRATE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SULFATE;

AEROSOL; AEROSOL LIQUID WATER CONTENT; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BIOMASS BURNING; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; HAZE; HUMIDITY; METEOROLOGY; NITROGEN OXIDATION RATIO; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SECONDARY INORGANIC AEROSOL; SULFUR OXIDATION RATIO; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SEASON; SOLUBILITY;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; BEIJING; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METEOROLOGY; NITRATES; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONS; SOLUBILITY; SULFATES; SULFUR DIOXIDE; WATER;

EID: 85018990835     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.04.076     Document Type: Article

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