A comparison of the mineral dust absorptive properties between two Asian dust events

Atmosphere

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Logan, Timothy ^a   Xi, Baike ^a   Dong, Xiquan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aerosol absorptive properties; Asian dust events; Mineral dust

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; DUST; MINERALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PARTICLE SIZE;

AEROSOL ABSORPTIVE PROPERTY; ASIAN DUST EVENT; COMPARISON STUDY; DUST EVENT; DUST SOURCES; MINERAL DUST; OPTICAL DEPTH; PROPERTY; RADIATIVE EFFECTS; SOURCE REGION;

AEROSOLS;

ABSORPTION; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL FORMATION; AEROSOL PROPERTY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DUST; LOW PRESSURE; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATIVE FORCING;

CHINA; TAIHU;

EID: 84875970006     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/atmos4010001     Document Type: Article

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