Chemical characteristics of carbonaceous aerosols during dust storms over Xi'an in China

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 847-855

  Li, Xuxiang ^a   Cao, Junji ^a,b   Chow, Judith ^c   Han, Yongming ^b   Lee, Shuncheng ^d   Watson, John ^c  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Carbonate carbon; Dust storm; Elemental carbon; Organiccarbon

Indexed keywords

EID: 60049096518     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-008-0847-1     Document Type: Article

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