Overview of the Mount Tai Experiment (MTX2006) in central East China in June 2006: Studies of significant regional air pollution

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 8265-8283

  Kanaya, Y ^a   Akimoto, H ^a,h   Wang, Z F ^b   Pochanart, P ^a,i   Kawamura, K ^c   Liu, Y ^a,b   Li, J ^a,b   Komazaki, Y ^a   Irie, H ^a,j   Pan, X L ^a   Taketani, F ^a   Yamaji, K ^a,k   Tanimoto, H ^d   Inomata, S ^d   Kato, S ^e   Suthawaree, J ^e   Okuzawa, K ^c   Wang, G ^c,l   Aggarwal, S G ^c,m   Fu, P Q ^b,c   Wang, T ^f   Gao, J ^f   Wang, Y ^b   Zhuang, G ^g   more..

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^e TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^g FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^h Acid Deposition and Oxidant Research Center   (Japan)

ⁱ NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION   (Thailand)

^j CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^k KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^l Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^m NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; BLACK CARBON; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DETECTION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; OZONE; SEASONAL VARIATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

CHINA; SHANDONG; TAI SHAN;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84882947159     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-8265-2013     Document Type: Article

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