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Measurement report: High contributions of halocarbon and aromatic compounds to atmospheric volatile organic compounds in an industrial area
Ahsan Mozaffar
Yale-NUIST Center on Atmospheric Environment, International Joint Laboratory on Climate and Environment Change, Nanjing University of
Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
Key Laboratory Meteorological Disaster, Ministry of Education and Collaborative Innovation Center on Forecast and Evaluation of Meteorological
Disaster, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology Nanjing
210044, China
Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural Meteorology, College of Applied Meteorology, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
Yale-NUIST Center on Atmospheric Environment, International Joint Laboratory on Climate and Environment Change, Nanjing University of
Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
Key Laboratory Meteorological Disaster, Ministry of Education and Collaborative Innovation Center on Forecast and Evaluation of Meteorological
Disaster, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology Nanjing
210044, China
Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural Meteorology, College of Applied Meteorology, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
Yu-Chi Lin
Yale-NUIST Center on Atmospheric Environment, International Joint Laboratory on Climate and Environment Change, Nanjing University of
Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
Key Laboratory Meteorological Disaster, Ministry of Education and Collaborative Innovation Center on Forecast and Evaluation of Meteorological
Disaster, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology Nanjing
210044, China
Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural Meteorology, College of Applied Meteorology, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
Feng Xie
Yale-NUIST Center on Atmospheric Environment, International Joint Laboratory on Climate and Environment Change, Nanjing University of
Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
Key Laboratory Meteorological Disaster, Ministry of Education and Collaborative Innovation Center on Forecast and Evaluation of Meteorological
Disaster, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology Nanjing
210044, China
Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural Meteorology, College of Applied Meteorology, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
Mei-Yi Fan
Yale-NUIST Center on Atmospheric Environment, International Joint Laboratory on Climate and Environment Change, Nanjing University of
Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
Key Laboratory Meteorological Disaster, Ministry of Education and Collaborative Innovation Center on Forecast and Evaluation of Meteorological
Disaster, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology Nanjing
210044, China
Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural Meteorology, College of Applied Meteorology, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
Fang Cao
Yale-NUIST Center on Atmospheric Environment, International Joint Laboratory on Climate and Environment Change, Nanjing University of
Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
Key Laboratory Meteorological Disaster, Ministry of Education and Collaborative Innovation Center on Forecast and Evaluation of Meteorological
Disaster, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology Nanjing
210044, China
Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural Meteorology, College of Applied Meteorology, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
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We performed a long-term investigation of ambient volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in an industrial area in Nanjing, China. Followed by alkanes, halocarbons and aromatics were the most abundant VOC groups. Vehicle-related emissions were the major VOC sources in the study area. Aromatic and alkene VOCs were responsible for most of the atmospheric reactions.
We performed a long-term investigation of ambient volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in an...
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