A study of the relationship between air pollutants and inversion in the ABL over the city of Lanzhou

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 879-886

  Zhang, Qiang ^a,b,c   Li, Hongyu ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^b GANSU PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^c LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

inversion; Lanzhou City; out forcing factors; pollutant; relationship

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959403756     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-010-0079-z     Document Type: Article

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