Source, long-range transport, and characteristics of a heavy dust pollution event in Shanghai

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 21, 2010, Pages

  Fu, Qingyan ^a,b   Zhuang, Guoshun ^a   Li, Juan ^a   Huang, Kan ^a   Wang, Qiongzhen ^a   Zhang, Rong ^a   Fu, Joshua ^c   Lu, Tao ^b   Chen, Min ^b   Wang, Qian ^b   Chen, Ying ^a   Xu, Chang ^a   Hou, Bing ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shanghai Environmental Monitoring Center ^*  (China)

^c University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; LANDFORMS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POLLUTION;

AERODYNAMIC DIAMETERS; AIR POLLUTION INDEX; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; AUTOMATIC MONITORING-SYSTEM; BACK TRAJECTORIES; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CONTINUOUS MONITORING; DUST AEROSOLS; DUST EVENT; DUST POLLUTION; DUST TRANSPORT; EAST CHINA SEA; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MONGOLIA; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEA SALT AEROSOL; TAKLIMAKAN DESERT; TOTAL MASS; TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICULATES; XINJIANG;

DUST;

AERODYNAMICS; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DUST; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

CHINA;

EID: 78249266349     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD013208     Document Type: Article

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