Seasonal variations and sources of ambient fossil and biogenic-derived carbonaceous aerosols based on 14C measurements in Lhasa, Tibet

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 553-559

  Huang, Jie ^a,f   Kang, Shichang ^a   Shen, Chengde ^b   Cong, Zhiyuan ^a   Liu, Kexin ^c   Wang, Wei ^d   Liu, Lichao ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Tibet Meteorological Bureau   (China)

^e Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

13C; 14C; Carbonaceous aerosols; Lhasa; Seasonal variations

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AEROSOLS; ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; CARBONACEOUS AEROSOL; FOSSIL CARBON; RURAL REGIONS; SEASONAL VARIATION; TOTAL CARBON; TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICLES; URBAN SITE; WOOD BURNING;

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; AIR POLLUTION; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; WASTE INCINERATION;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; BIOSPHERE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON ISOTOPE; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; URBAN AREA;

CHINA; LHASA; XIZANG;

EID: 77952544412     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2010.01.003     Document Type: Article

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