A mechanism for the increase of pollution elements in dust storms in Beijing

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 855-862

  Guo, Jinghua ^a   Rahn, Kenneth A ^b   Zhuang, Guoshun ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Air mass; Beijing aerosol; Dust storm; Pollution element; Source

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; DUST; METEOROLOGY; STORMS; WIND;

POLLUTANTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

AEROSOL; AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; DUST STORM;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CHINA; DUST; GAS; METEOROLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASIA; BEIJING; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 0347355430     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2003.10.037     Document Type: Article

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