Cloud residues and interstitial aerosols from non-precipitating clouds over an industrial and urban area in northern China

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 2488-2495

  Li, Weijun ^a,b   Li, Peiren ^c   Sun, Guode ^c   Zhou, Shengzhen ^a   Yuan, Qi ^a   Wang, Wenxing ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c Weather Modification Office of Shanxi Province   (China)

Author keywords

Aerosol activation; Cloud condensation nuclei; Interstitial aerosol; Mt. Tai; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL-CLOUD INTERACTION; AIR POLLUTANT EMISSION; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI; CLOUD FORMATION; CONTROLLING FACTORS; DUST PARTICLE; INDUSTRIAL AREA; INTERSTITIAL AEROSOL; INTERSTITIAL PARTICLES; LARGER PARTICLE SIZES; MIXING STATE; MT. TAI; NORTHERN CHINA; PRECIPITATING CLOUDS; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; REMOTE LOCATION; SCAVENGING RATIOS; SOLUBLE ORGANIC MATTERS; TEM; URBAN AREAS;

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLIMATE MODELS; CONDENSATION; DUST; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLY ASH; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; INDUSTRY; SALTS;

HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ORGANIC MATTER;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; INTERSTITIAL ENVIRONMENT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; URBAN AREA; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AEROSOL; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHINA; CLOUD; EXHAUST GAS; INDUSTRIAL AREA; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; URBAN AREA;

CHINA; SHANDONG; TAI SHAN;

EID: 79953296132     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.02.044     Document Type: Article

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