Analysis of the dependence of column-integrated aerosol properties on long-range transport of air masses in Beijing

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 36, 2007, Pages 7739-7750

  Xia, X ^a   Chen, H ^a   Zhang, W ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Back trajectories

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; DATA REDUCTION; SEA LEVEL; STATISTICAL METHODS; WATER VAPOR;

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH (AOD); AIR MASSES; BACK TRAJECTORIES; LAGRANGIAN INTEGRATED TRAJECTORY;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; AIR MASS; ALBEDO; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; HYBRID; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; TRAJECTORY; WATER VAPOR;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; HYBRID; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TECHNIQUE; WATER VAPOR;

ASIA; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 35548960045     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.06.042     Document Type: Article

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