Summer time haze characteristics of the urban atmosphere of Gwangju and the rural atmosphere of Anmyon, Korea

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 141, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 189-199

  Kim, Kyung W ^a   Kim, Young J ^b   Bang, So Y ^c  

^a Gyeongju University   (South Korea)

^b Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^c Meteorological Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ammonium nitrate; Light extinction coefficient; Organic mass; Regional transport of haze; Rural and urban aerosol; Visibility impairment

Indexed keywords

LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT EXTINCTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; ORGANIC CARBON; VISIBILITY;

AMMONIUM NITRATE; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; GRID ANALYSIS AND DISPLAY SYSTEMS; HAZE CHARACTERISTICS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AMMONIUM NITRATE; AMMONIUM SULFATE; CARBON; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; ORGANIC CARBON;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; AMMONIUM SULFATE; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HAZE; LIGHT SCATTERING; ORGANIC CARBON; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RURAL ATMOSPHERE; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AEROSOL; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREST; HAZE; KOREA; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NEPHELOMETRY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SUMMER; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; KOREA; RURAL HEALTH; SEASONS; URBAN HEALTH;

ANMYEON ISLAND; ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; KWANGJU [SOUTH KOREA]; SOUTH CHUNGCHEONG; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 43249125220     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-9887-8     Document Type: Article

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