First long-term study of particle number size distributions and new particle formation events of regional aerosol in the North China Plain

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1565-1580

  Shen, X J ^a,b   Sun, J Y ^a   Zhang, Y M ^a   Wehner, B ^c   Nowak, A ^c   Tuch, T ^c   Zhang, X C ^a   Wang, T T ^a   Zhou, H G ^d   Zhang, X L ^d   Dong, F ^d   Birmili, W ^c   Wiedensohler, A ^c  

^a STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d Beijing Meteorological Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR MASS; AITKEN NUCLEUS; DIURNAL VARIATION; FORMATION MECHANISM; GROWTH RATE; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TROPOSPHERE;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA PLAIN;

EID: 79951926949     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-1565-2011     Document Type: Article

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