Ground observations of a strong dust storm in Beijing in March 2002

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 110, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 1-8

  Zhang, Renjian ^a   Arimoto, Richard ^b   An, Junling ^a   Yabuki, Sadayo ^c   Sun, Jianhua ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b New Mexico State University   (United States)

^c INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DUST STORM; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; VISIBILITY;

ASIA; BEIJING; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

EID: 27744595304     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD004589     Document Type: Article

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