Surface measurements of aerosol properties over northwest China during ARM China 2008 deployment

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 21, 2010, Pages

  Wang, Xin ^a   Huang, Jiangping ^a   Zhang, Rudong ^a   Chen, Bin ^a   Bi, Jianrong ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; DUST; LANDFORMS; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL PROPERTIES; AEROSOL TYPES; AIR MASS; AIR MASS BACK TRAJECTORIES; AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION MEASUREMENTS; BLACK CARBON; COARSE MODE PARTICLES; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; DUST AEROSOLS; FIELD CAMPAIGN; GOBI DESERT; INNER MONGOLIA; LOCAL SOURCE; MASS CONCENTRATION; METEOROLOGICAL ANALYSIS; MOBILE FACILITY; MOBILE LABORATORIES; MULTIWAVELENGTH; NORTHWEST CHINA; PLUME TRANSPORT; POLLUTED LAYERS; SEMI-ARID CLIMATE; TAKLAMAKAN; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY;

AIR POLLUTION;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BLACK CARBON; OPTICAL DEPTH; TRAJECTORY;

CHINA;

EID: 78249245132     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD013467     Document Type: Article

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