Pool of dust particles over the Asian continent: Balloon-borne optical particle counter and ground-based lidar measurements of Dunhuang, China

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 92, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 5-24

  Iwasaka, Y ^a   Shi, G Y ^b   Kim, Y S ^a   Matsuki, A ^a   Trochkine, D ^a   Zhang, D ^c   Yamada, M ^a   Nagatani, T ^a   Nagatani, M ^a   Shen, Z ^d   Shibata, T ^a   Nakata, H ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^c PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF KUMAMOTO   (Japan)

^d Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Balloon borne measurements; Kosa particle; Lidar returns of dust in summer; Number size distribution

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; DUST; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL RADAR; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE;

DEPOLARIZATION RATIO; DUST PARTICLES;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; BALLOON OBSERVATION; DUST; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASIA; ATMOSPHERE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; DESERT; DUST; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; JAPAN; MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER;

AEROSOLS; AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTANTS; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; OPTICS; PARTICLE SIZE; SEASONS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 10744233936     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EMAS.0000014505.43198.48     Document Type: Article

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