Observations of particles at their formation sizes in Beijing, China

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 17, Issue 14, 2017, Pages 8825-8835

  Jayaratne, Rohan ^a   Pushpawela, Buddhi ^a   He, Congrong ^a   Li, Hui ^b   Gao, Jian ^b   Chai, Fahe ^b   Morawska, Lidia ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FORMATION MECHANISM; HAZE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; WIND DIRECTION;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 85025070500     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-17-8825-2017     Document Type: Article

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