Optical properties of atmospheric aerosols obtained by in situ and remote measurements during 2006 Campaign of Air Quality Research in Beijing (CAREBeijing-2006)

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Jung, Jinsang ^a   Lee, Hanlim ^a   Kim, Young J ^a   Liu, Xingang ^b   Zhang, Yuanhang ^b   Hu, Min ^b   Sugimoto, Nobuo ^c  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; POLLUTION; WIND EFFECTS;

ABOVE GROUND LEVEL; AEROSOL OPTICAL THICKNESS; AIR MASS; AIR POLLUTANTS; AMMONIUM NITRATE; AMMONIUM SULFATE; IN-SITU; INTENSIVE MEASUREMENTS; LOW WIND SPEED; MASS CONCENTRATION; MASS SCATTERING EFFICIENCY; NORTHERN CHINA; ORGANIC MASS; POLLUTION EPISODES; REMOTE MEASUREMENT; SINGLE SCATTERING ALBEDO; URBAN AREAS; URBAN SITE; WEATHER CONDITIONS; WIND DIRECTIONS; WIND SPEED;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL PROPERTY; AIR QUALITY; ALBEDO; AMMONIUM NITRATE; AMMONIUM SULFATE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LIGHT SCATTERING; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; REMOTE SENSING; RESEARCH WORK; URBAN REGION; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 71149107081     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD010337     Document Type: Article

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