Characteristics of aerosol dust in fresh snow in the Asian dust and non-dust periods at Urumqi glacier no. 1 of eastern Tian Shan, China

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1361-1368

  Dong, Zhiwen ^a   Li, Zhongqin ^a,b   Xiao, Cunde ^a   Wang, Feiteng ^a   Zhang, Mingjun ^b  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b NORTHWEST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atmospheric dust; Glacier snow; Seasonal change; Urumqi glacier no. 1

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; ASIAN DUST; ASIAN DUST STORM; ATMOSPHERIC COMPONENTS; ATMOSPHERIC DUST; BACKWARD TRAJECTORY; CENTRAL ASIA; CONCENTRATION CHANGE; DISTRIBUTION OF PARTICLES; DUST EVENT; DUST PARTICLE; HEAD WATERS; MINERAL AEROSOLS; NUMBER CONCENTRATION; RADIATION BUDGET; SEASONAL CHANGE; SEASONAL CHANGES; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CALCIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GLACIERS; SNOW; STORMS;

DUST;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; DUST; GLACIER; HEADWATER; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATION BUDGET; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SNOW; WIND VELOCITY;

CHINA; URUMQI GLACIER NO. 1; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 77953631250     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-009-0271-6     Document Type: Article

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