Characterization of soil dust aerosol in China and its transport and distribution during 2001 ACE-Asia: 1. Network observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 9, 2003, Pages

  Zhang, X Y ^a   Gong, S L ^a,b   Shen, Z X ^a   Mei, F M ^a   Xi, X X ^c   Liu, L C ^d   Zhou, Z J ^e   Wang, D ^a   Wang, Y Q ^a   Cheng, Y ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^e China Metrology Administration   (China)

Author keywords

ACE Asia; Asia; Observation; Simulation; Soil dust

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; DUST STORM; MODELING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 0347269176     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd002632     Document Type: Article

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