Change in size distribution and chemical composition of kosa (Asian dust) aerosol during long-range transport

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 37, Issue 30, 2003, Pages 4253-4263

  Mori, Ikuko ^a   Nishikawa, Masataka ^a   Tanimura, Toshifumi ^b   Quan, Hao ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b Yamaguchi Pref Res Inst Pub H   (Japan)

^c Sino Japan Friendship Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Dust storm; Heavy metal; Nitrate; Sulphate; Yellow sand

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; COMPOSITION; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION;

MASS CONCENTRATIONS;

AEROSOLS;

ALUMINUM; HEAVY METAL; IRON;

AEROSOL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DUST STORM; HEAVY METAL; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; PARTICULATE MATTER; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

AEROSOL; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DUST; JAPAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

CHINA; JAPAN;

EID: 0042509994     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(03)00535-1     Document Type: Article

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