Seasonal variations of the transport of black carbon and carbon monoxide from the Asian continent to the western Pacific in the boundary layer

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 21, 2011, Pages

  Verma, R L ^a   Kondo, Y ^a   Oshima, N ^b   Matsui, H ^a   Kita, K ^c   Sahu, L K ^d   Kato, S ^e   Kajii, Y ^e   Takami, A ^f   Miyakawa, T ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^e TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON MONOXIDE; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

AIR MASS; ANNUAL AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; ASIAN CONTINENT; BACK TRAJECTORIES; BACKGROUND CONCENTRATION; BLACK CARBON; BLACK CARBON AEROSOL; CO EMISSIONS; EAST CHINA SEA; EMISSION INVENTORIES; EMISSION RATES; EMISSION RATIO; GROUND BASED; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; MASS CONCENTRATION; MIXING RATIOS; NORTH CHINA; REMOTE SITES; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTH CHINA; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRANSPORT EFFICIENCY; WESTERN PACIFIC;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

AEROSOL; AIR MASS; AIRBORNE SURVEY; BLACK CARBON; BOUNDARY LAYER; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION INVENTORY; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MIXING RATIO; OUTFLOW; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CAPE HEDO; EAST CHINA SEA; JAPAN; OKINAWA ISLAND; OKINAWA ISLANDS; OKINAWA [RYUKYU ISLANDS]; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST); RYUKYU ISLANDS; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 81255210939     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD015830     Document Type: Article

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