Variability of atmospheric dust loading over the central Tibetan Plateau based on ice core glaciochemistry

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 25, 2010, Pages 2980-2989

  Kang, Shichang ^a   Zhang, Yulan ^a,b   Zhang, Yongjun ^a,b   Grigholm, Bjorn ^c   Kaspari, Susan ^d   Qin, Dahe ^a   Ren, Jiawen ^a   Mayewski, Paul ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^d CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol Index; Atmospheric circulation; Atmospheric dust; Glaciochemistry; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL INDEX; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC DUST; CENTRAL TIBETAN PLATEAU; CRUSTAL SOURCES; DUST AEROSOLS; DUST CONCENTRATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; HIGH RESOLUTION; ICE CORE; MERIDIONAL WINDS; METEOROLOGICAL STATION; NORTHWESTERN CHINA; TIBETAN PLATEAU; TOTAL OZONE MAPPING SPECTROMETER;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CALCIUM; CLIMATOLOGY; ICE; IONS; LOADING; OZONE;

DUST;

CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; MAGNESIUM; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

AEROSOL; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; DUST; GLACIOCHEMISTRY; ICE CORE; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; TIME SERIES; WIND VELOCITY;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHINA; DUST; ICE CORE RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; VELOCITY; WIND; WINTER;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 77954310164     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.05.014     Document Type: Article

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