Transport of dusts from East Asian and non-East Asian sources to Hong Kong during dust storm related events 1996-2007

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 30, 2010, Pages 3728-3738

  Lee, Y C ^a   Yang, Xun ^a   Wenig, Mark ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Desert dust transport; Estimated contribution; Hong Kong; Non East Asian sources; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AIR QUALITY; AIR QUALITY STANDARDS; ARID REGIONS; LANDFORMS; NASA; STORMS;

CALCIUM CONCENTRATION; DESERT DUST; ESTIMATED CONTRIBUTION; GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION; HONG-KONG; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS; SEASONALITY; UPPER CONTINENTAL CRUST;

DUST;

ALUMINUM; CALCIUM; IRON; SILICATE;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AIR MASS; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONTINENTAL CRUST; DUST STORM; EPISODIC EVENT; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SEASONALITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AIR QUALITY STANDARD; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DESERT; DUST; DUST STORM; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; WEATHER;

ASIA;

EID: 77955557026     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.03.034     Document Type: Article

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