Number size distribution of aerosols at Mt. Huang and Nanjing in the Yangtze River Delta, China: Effects of air masses and characteristics of new particle formation

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 150, Issue , 2014, Pages 42-56

  Wang, Honglei ^a   Zhu, Bin ^a   Shen, Lijuan ^b   An, Junlin ^a   Yin, Yan ^a   Kang, Hanqing ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Jiaxing Environmental Monitoring Station   (China)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Air masses; HYSPLIT; New particle formation; Number concentration

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

AIR MASS; HYSPLIT; NEW PARTICLE FORMATION; NUMBER CONCENTRATION; NUMBER SIZE DISTRIBUTION; PARTICLE GROWTH RATES; SPECTRUM DISTRIBUTION; UNIMODAL DISTRIBUTION;

METEOROLOGY;

AEROSOL; AIR MASS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ANHUI; CHINA; JIANGSU; MOUNT HUANG; NANJING [JIANGSU]; YANGTZE DELTA;

EID: 84905265585     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2014.07.020     Document Type: Article

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