Aerosol hygroscopicity and its impact on atmospheric visibility and radiative forcing in Guangzhou during the 2006 PRIDE-PRD campaign

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 60, Issue , 2012, Pages 59-67

  Liu, Xingang ^a,b   Zhang, Yuanhang ^b   Cheng, Yafang ^b   Hu, Min ^b   Han, Tingting ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aerosol hygroscopicity; PRIDE PRD campaign; Radiative forcing; Visibility impairment

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL DIRECT RADIATIVE FORCING; AEROSOL OPTICAL PROPERTY; AMBIENT CONDITIONS; ASYMMETRY FACTOR; ATMOSPHERIC VISIBILITY; DRY CONDITION; EXTINCTION COEFFICIENTS; GASEOUS POLLUTANTS; GUANGZHOU; INORGANIC SALTS; KEY FACTORS; MASS CONCENTRATION; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PEARL RIVER DELTA; PRIDE-PRD CAMPAIGN; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; URBAN SITE; VISIBILITY DEGRADATION; VISIBILITY IMPAIRMENT; WATERSOLUBLE;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; DEGRADATION; FOG; VISIBILITY;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AMMONIUM SULFATE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; HYGROSCOPICITY; NITROGEN OXIDES; POLLUTION MONITORING; RADIATIVE FORCING; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VISIBILITY; WATER CONTENT;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHINA; HUMIDITY; METEOROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATIVE FORCING; VISIBILITY; WATER CONTENT; WETTABILITY;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU;

EID: 84863752916     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.06.016     Document Type: Article

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