Formation and evolution mechanism of regional haze: A case study in the megacity Beijing, China

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 4501-4514

  Liu, X G ^a,b   Li, J ^c   Qu, Y ^d   Han, T ^a   Hou, L ^a   Gu, J ^b   Chen, C ^b   Yang, Y ^a   Liu, X ^b   Yang, T ^d   Zhang, Y ^b   Tian, H ^a   Hu, M ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AEROSOL FORMATION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HAZE; LIDAR; MEGACITY; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PARTICLE SIZE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

BEIJING [BEIJING (ADS)]; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84877849542     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-4501-2013     Document Type: Article

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