Measuring and modeling black carbon (BC) contamination in the SE Tibetan Plateau

Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-60

  Cao, Junji ^a   Tie, Xuexi ^a   Xu, Baiqing ^b   Zhao, Zhuzi ^a,c   Zhu, Chongshu ^a   Li, Guohui ^d   Liu, Suixin ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d MOLINA CENTER FOR ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Elemental carbon; Himalayas; Leaking wall

Indexed keywords

BLACK CARBON;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BLACK CARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GLACIER; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; WIND DIRECTION; WIND FORCING; WINTER;

ALTITUDE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GLACIER; INDIA; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; POLLUTION MONITORING; RIVER; SIMULATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; TIME; WIND; WINTER;

BANGLADESH; CHINA; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 81755187166     PISSN: 01677764     EISSN: 15730662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10874-011-9202-5     Document Type: Article

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