Atmospheric dust aerosol over the Tibetan Plateau

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 106, Issue D16, 2001, Pages 18471-18476

  Zhang, Xiao Y ^a   Arimoto, Richard ^a,b   Cao, Jun J ^a   An, Zhi S ^a   Wang, D ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b New Mexico State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; DUST; PARTICLE SIZE; WET DEPOSITION;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

EID: 0034804412     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JD900672     Document Type: Article

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