Mixing state of black carbon aerosol in a heavily polluted urban area of China: Implications for light absorption enhancement

Aerosol Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 689-697

  Wang, Qiyuan ^a   Huang, R J ^b,c   Cao, Junji ^a,d   Han, Yongming ^a   Wang, Gehui ^a   Li, Guohui ^a   Wang, Yichen ^a   Dai, Wenting ^a   Zhang, Renjian ^e   Zhou, Yaqing ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^d XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; COATED MATERIALS; FOG;

ABSORPTION ENHANCEMENT; AEROSOL OPTICAL PROPERTY; BLACK CARBON AEROSOL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EARTH'S RADIATIVE BALANCE; MASS CONCENTRATION; PARTICULATE SPECIES; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS;

MIXING;

BLACK CARBON; REFRACTORY BLACK CARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLIMATE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MASS; METEOROLOGY; OPTICS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84903478114     PISSN: 02786826     EISSN: 15217388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02786826.2014.917758     Document Type: Article

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