Influence of different weather events on concentrations of particulate matter with different sizes in Lanzhou, China

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 665-674

  Feng, Xinyuan ^a   Wang, Shigong ^b  

^a CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cold front event; Dust event; Particulate matter with different sizes; Precipitation event

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANTS; COARSE PARTICLES; COLD FRONT; COLD-FRONT EVENT; CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION; DIFFERENT SIZES; DUST EVENT; FINE PARTICLES; FORMATION MECHANISM; FRONTAL PRECIPITATION; GASEOUS POLLUTANTS; LIMITING VALUES; PARTICULATE MATTER; PARTICULATE POLLUTION; PRECIPITATION CHARACTERISTICS; PRECIPITATION EVENTS; RATE OF INCREASE; SCAVENGING RATES; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; WEATHER EVENTS; WET SCAVENGING;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; DUST; FOG; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SCAVENGING; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

AIR POLLUTION;

RAIN; SNOW;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; PARTICULATE MATTER; SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY); TEMPORAL EVOLUTION;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; CITY; COLD; DUST; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASON; TIME; WEATHER;

CHINA; CITIES; COLD TEMPERATURE; DUST; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RAIN; SEASONS; SNOW; TIME FACTORS; WEATHER;

CHINA; GANSU; LANZHOU;

EID: 84859824701     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(11)60807-3     Document Type: Article

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