Continuous measurement of number concentrations and elemental composition of aerosol particles for a dust storm event in Beijing

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 89-95

  Zhang, Renjian ^a,b   Han, Zhiwei ^a   Shen, Zhenxing ^c   Cao, Junji ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dust storm; Elemental concentration; Number concentration; PIXE

Indexed keywords

EID: 46749129365     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-008-0089-2     Document Type: Article

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