Carbonaceous particles in the atmosphere and precipitation of the Nam Co region, central Tibet

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1748-1756

  Ming, Jing ^a,b   Xiao, Cunde ^a   Sun, Junying ^a,c   Kang, Shichang ^a   Bonasoni, Paolo ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b China Meteorological Administration   (China)

^c NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbonaceous particle; Elemental carbon; Nam Co; Organic carbon; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCE; ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT; CARBONACEOUS PARTICLES; CENTRAL TIBETAN PLATEAU; DOMINANT CONTRIBUTIONS; ELEMENTAL CARBON; HIMALAYAS; INDO-GANGETIC BASIN; NAM CO; SECONDARY ORGANIC CARBON; SUMMER MONSOON; TIBETAN PLATEAU; TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BUILDINGS; OBSERVATORIES;

ORGANIC CARBON;

CARBON;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ORGANIC CARBON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING;

ATMOSPHERE; CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; TIBET;

CHINA; LHASA; NAM CO; XIZANG;

EID: 77956525515     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(09)60315-6     Document Type: Article

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