Individual particle analysis of aerosols collected under haze and non-haze conditions at a high-elevation mountain site in the North China plain

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 11733-11744

  Li, W J ^a,b,c   Zhang, D Z ^d   Shao, L Y ^b   Zhou, S Z ^a   Wang, W X ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^d PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF KUMAMOTO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AEROSOL PROPERTY; AIR MASS; CHEMICAL PROPERTY; DUST; HAZE; PARTICLE SIZE;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA PLAIN; SHANDONG; TAI SHAN;

EID: 81855209824     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-11733-2011     Document Type: Article

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