Impact of Gobi desert dust on aerosol chemistry of Xi'an, inland China during spring 2009: Differences in composition and size distribution between the urban ground surface and the mountain atmosphere

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 819-835

  Wang, G H ^a   Zhou, B H ^b,c   Cheng, C L ^a   Cao, J J ^a   Li, J J ^a   Meng, J J ^c   Tao, J ^d   Zhang, R J ^e   Fu, P Q ^e  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b XI'AN UNIVERSITY OF ARCHITECTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c BAOJI UNIVERSITY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (China)

^d SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^e INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DUST; ORGANIC CARBON; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

CHINA;

EID: 84873041931     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-819-2013     Document Type: Article

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