Enhanced modern carbon and biogenic organic tracers in Northeast Asian aerosols during spring/summer

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2362-2371

  Pavuluri, Chandra Mouli ^a   Kawamura, Kimitaka ^a   Uchida, Masao ^b   Kondo, Miyuki ^b   Fu, Pingqing ^a,c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

atmospheric aerosols; Northeast Asia; organic tracers; radiocarbon

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BIOACTIVITY; CARBON; FUELS;

CARBONACEOUS COMPONENTS; FOSSIL FUEL COMBUSTION; NORTHEAST ASIA; ORGANIC TRACERS; RADIOCARBON; SEASONAL DIFFERENCES; TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTERS; WATER-SOLUBLE ORGANIC CARBON;

ORGANIC CARBON;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BIOMASS BURNING; CARBON; EMISSION; FOSSIL FUEL; FUNGUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPORE; SPRING (SEASON); SUMMER; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TRACER; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

HOKKAIDO; JAPAN; SAPPORO;

EID: 84878145900     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50244     Document Type: Article

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