Modeling aerosol impacts on atmospheric visibility in Beijing with RAMS-CMAQ

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 72, Issue , 2013, Pages 177-191

  Han, Xiao ^a   Zhang, Meigen ^a   Tao, Jinhua ^b   Wang, Lili ^a   Gao, Jian ^c   Wang, Shulan ^c   Chai, Fahe ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Aerosol; CMAQ; Haze; North China Plain; Visibility

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL OPTICAL PROPERTY; AIR POLLUTION EPISODES; CMAQ; EXTINCTION COEFFICIENTS; HAZE; IN-DEPTH UNDERSTANDING; METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; NORTH CHINA PLAIN;

AEROSOLS; AIR QUALITY; FOG; POLLUTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

VISIBILITY;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA PROCESSING; EXTINCTION COEFFICIENT; MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTANT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRACE GAS; VISIBILITY;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMIDITY; MODEL; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISIBILITY; WATER TRANSPORT;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; HEBEI; NORTH CHINA PLAIN; SHANDONG; TIANJIN;

EID: 84875670373     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.02.030     Document Type: Article

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