A global 3-D CTM evaluation of black carbon in the Tibetan Plateau

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 7091-7112

  He, C ^a,b   Li, Q B ^a,b   Liou, K N ^a,b   Zhang, J ^c   Qi, L ^a,b   Mao, Y ^a,b   Gao, M ^a,b   Lu, Z ^d   Streets, D G ^d   Zhang, Q ^e   Sarin, M M ^f   Ram, K ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Los Angeles   (United States)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^g BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOMASS BURNING; BLACK CARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION INVENTORY; EOS; OPTICAL DEPTH;

CHINA; HIMALAYAS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84904178559     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-7091-2014     Document Type: Article

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