Empirical relationship between particulate matter and aerosol optical depth over Northern Tien-Shan, Central Asia

Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 385-396

  Chen, Boris B ^a   Sverdlik, Leonid G ^a   Imashev, Sanjar A ^a   Solomon, Paul A ^b   Lantz, Jeffrey ^b   Schauer, James J ^c   Shafer, Martin M ^c   Artamonova, Maria S ^d   Carmichael, Greg ^e  

^a KYRGYZ RUSSIAN SLAVIC UNIVERSITY   (Kyrgyzstan)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c WISCONSIN STATE LABORATORY OF HYGIENE   (United States)

^d Institute of Atmospheric Physics   (Russian Federation)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol optical depth; Central Asia; Dust; PM2.5; PMCoarse; Transport

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DATA SET; MONITORING; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE;

CHINA; TAKLIMAKAN DESERT; TIEN SHAN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 84878204170     PISSN: 18739318     EISSN: 18739326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11869-012-0192-5     Document Type: Article

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