Fine particle pH during severe haze episodes in northern China

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 5213-5221

  Liu, Mingxu ^a   Song, Yu ^a   Zhou, Tian ^a   Xu, Zhenying ^a   Yan, Caiqing ^a   Zheng, Mei ^a   Wu, Zhijun ^a   Hu, Min ^a   Wu, Yusheng ^a   Zhu, Tong ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

aerosol acidity; China; haze episode; ISORROPIA II

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

CHINA; FINE PARTICLES; HAZE EPISODE; ISORROPIA-II; MEASUREMENTS OF; NORTHERN CHINA; SULFATE PRODUCTION; THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM MODEL;

AEROSOLS;

ACIDITY; AEROSOL; AMMONIUM; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC GAS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HAZE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MIXING RATIO; NITRATE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PH; SULFATE; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER CONTENT;

CHINA; EUROPE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85019921492     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2017GL073210     Document Type: Article

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