Mixing state and hygroscopicity of dust and haze particles before leaving asian continent

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1044-1059

  Li, Weijun ^a   Shao, Longyi ^b   Shi, Zongbo ^c   Chen, Jianmin ^a   Yang, Lingxiao ^a   Yuan, Qi ^a   Yan, Chao ^a   Zhang, Xiaoye ^d   Wang, Yaqiang ^d   Sun, Junying ^d   Zhang, Yangmei ^d   Shen, Xiaojing ^d   Wang, Zifa ^e   Wang, Wenxing ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

^e INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CALCIUM; DUST; FOG; MIXING; NITROGEN OXIDES; SOOT; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ANTHROPOGENIC AEROSOLS; ASIAN DUST STORM; HAZE; HYGROSCOPICITY; MIXING STATE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROCESS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION;

STORMS;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; DUST STORM; HAZE; HYGROSCOPICITY; MICROSCOPY; OXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTANT; REGIONAL CLIMATE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SAMPLING; SOOT;

ASIA;

EID: 84900230186     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JD021003     Document Type: Article

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