Seasonal and diurnal variations in aerosol concentrations at a high-altitude site on the northern boundary of Qinghai-Xizang Plateau

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 120-121, Issue , 2013, Pages 240-248

  Xu, Jianzhong ^a   Wang, Zebin ^a   Yu, Guangming ^a   Sun, Weijun ^a   Qin, Xiang ^a   Ren, Jiawen ^a   Qin, Dahe ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Grimm 1.109; Qinghai Xizang Plateau

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL CONCENTRATION; GRIMM 1.109; OPTICAL PARTICLE COUNTERS; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SEASONAL AND DIURNAL VARIATIONS; SUBMICROMETER PARTICLE; TOTAL NUMBER CONCENTRATIONS;

STORMS;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AIR MASS; BLACK CARBON; BOUNDARY LAYER; DIURNAL VARIATION; DUST STORM; MASS TRANSPORT; NITROGEN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84877910334     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2012.08.022     Document Type: Article

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