Influence of synoptic condition and holiday effects on VOCs and ozone production in the Yangtze River Delta region, China

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 168, Issue , 2017, Pages 112-124

  Xu, Zhengning ^a   Huang, Xin ^a   Nie, Wei ^a   Chi, Xuguang ^a   Xu, Zheng ^a   Zheng, Longfei ^a   Sun, Peng ^a   Ding, Aijun ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Holiday effect; Ozone formation; Synoptic condition; Volatile organic compounds; Yangtze River Delta region

Indexed keywords

OLEFINS; OZONE; RIVERS; STORMS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; CHEMICAL MECHANISM; HOLIDAY EFFECT; MASTER CHEMICAL MECHANISM; OBSERVATION-BASED MODEL; OZONE FORMATION; SYNOPTIC CONDITIONS; YANGTZE RIVER DELTA;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS;

ALKANE DERIVATIVE; ALKENE DERIVATIVE; ALKYNE DERIVATIVE; HALIDE; HYDROCARBON; HYDROXYL RADICAL; OZONE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ANTICYCLONE; OZONE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TRACE GAS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHINA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; LEISURE; OXIDATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

CHINA; JIANGSU; NANJING [JIANGSU]; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 85029526646     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2017.08.035     Document Type: Article

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