Robustness of the aerosol weekly cycle over Southeastern China

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 61, Issue , 2012, Pages 409-418

  Wang, Wenshan ^a   Gong, Daoyi ^a   Zhou, Zhiyang ^b   Guo, Yuanxi ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aerosol climate effect; PM10; Weekly cycle

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL EFFECT; AEROSOL LOADING; CLIMATE EFFECTS; CLOUD COVER; HORIZONTAL VISIBILITY; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; MONTE CARLO; NITROGEN DIOXIDES; PARTICULATE MATTER; PM10; SOUTHEASTERN CHINA; SURFACE CONCENTRATION; TIME-SCALES; TOTAL CLOUD COVER; WEATHER CONDITIONS; WEEKLY CYCLE;

AEROSOLS; NITROGEN OXIDES; SULFUR; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

LOADING;

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); TIMESCALE;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHINA;

EID: 84865072584     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.07.029     Document Type: Article

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