Absorbance of brown carbon in atmospheric particulate matter in Xi′an

Xin ZHU; Qingcai CHEN; Qingwen WANG; Jinwen Li; Jingwen CHENG; Hanrui LANG; Maoying WANG

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1673-6141.2022.01.008

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