Nature of atmospheric aerosols over the desert areas in the Asian continent: Chemical state and number concentration of particles measured at Dunhuang, China

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution: Focus

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 129-145

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

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^c Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^d PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF KUMAMOTO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Balloon borne measurements; KOSA particle; Number size distribution

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DESERT; DUST; PARTICLE SIZE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

ASIA; CHINA; DUNHUANG; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GANSU;

EID: 4344601896     PISSN: 15677230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023282221749     Document Type: Article

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