Vertical distributions of aerosols under different weather conditions: Analysis of in-situ aircraft measurements in Beijing, China

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 34, 2009, Pages 5526-5535

  Zhang, Qiang ^a   Ma, XinCheng ^a   Tie, Xuexi ^b   Huang, Mengyu ^a   Zhao, Chunsheng ^c  

^a Beijing Weather Modification Office   (China)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aircraft measurements; Beijing; China; Vertical aerosol distributions

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL CONCENTRATION; AEROSOL DISTRIBUTION; AEROSOL PARTICLES; AEROSOL TYPES; AIRCRAFT MEASUREMENT; ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; ATMOSPHERIC OXIDANTS; BEIJING , CHINA; COLD FRONT; DUST EVENT; FREE TROPOSPHERE; HIGH PRESSURE; HORIZONTAL TRANSPORT; IN-SITU; INVERSION LAYER; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; OH CONCENTRATION; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS; SOLAR FLUX; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; VERTICAL GRADIENTS; VERTICAL MIXING; WEATHER CONDITIONS; WEATHER SYSTEMS;

AIRCRAFT; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; METEOROLOGY; MIXING;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

AERIAL SURVEY; AEROSOL; AIRBORNE SENSING; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); IN SITU MEASUREMENT; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRESSURE GRADIENT; TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WIND PROFILE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIRCRAFT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHINA; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER;

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

EID: 70949095555     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.05.037     Document Type: Article

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