Haze particles over a coal-burning region in the China Loess Plateau in winter: Three flight missions in December 2010

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Li, Weijun ^a,b   Shi, Zongbo ^c   Zhang, Daizhou ^d   Zhang, Xiaoye ^e   Li, Peiren ^f   Feng, Qiujuan ^f   Yuan, Qi ^a   Wang, Wenxing ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF KUMAMOTO   (Japan)

^e STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

^f Weather Modification Office of Shanxi Province   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; COAL; FLY ASH; LEAD; MANGANESE; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SILICON; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AEROSOL PARTICLES; ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; ASH PARTICLES; COAL-BURNING; EASTERN CHINA; FLIGHT MISSION; HAZE PARTICLES; LAPSE RATE; LOESS PLATEAU; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; METEOROLOGICAL RECORDS; NORTH CHINA PLAIN; ORGANIC AEROSOL; ORGANIC PARTICLES; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; PRIMARY EMISSIONS; SUB-LAYERS; SULFATE PARTICLES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; VALLEY TOPOGRAPHY; WATER VAPOR MIXING RATIO;

COAL ASH;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AIR SAMPLING; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COAL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HAZE; SULFATE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; WATER VAPOR; WINTER;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU; NORTH CHINA PLAIN; SHANXI; TAIYUAN BASIN;

EID: 84862883633     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD017720     Document Type: Article

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