Relationships between submicrometer particulate air pollution and air mass history in Beijing, China, 2004-2006

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 6155-6168

  Wehner, B ^a   Birmili, W ^a   Ditas, F ^a   Wu, Z ^b   Hu, M ^b   Liu, X ^b   Mao, J ^b   Sugimoto, N ^c   Wiedensohler, A ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR MASS; AIR QUALITY; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ECONOMIC GROWTH; HISTORY; MEGACITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; WIND DIRECTION;

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

EID: 55249099117     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-8-6155-2008     Document Type: Article

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