Impact of East Asian summer monsoon on the air quality over China: View from space

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Zhao, Chun ^a,b   Wang, Yuhang ^a   Yang, Qing ^a   Fu, Rong ^c   Cunnold, Derek ^a   Choi, Yunsoo ^d  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERICS; OZONE; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TROPOSPHERE;

CHEMICAL AND TRANSPORT MODELS; CO CONCENTRATIONS; EAST ASIAN SUMMER MONSOON; EAST CHINA; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MARINE AIR; MEASUREMENTS OF POLLUTION IN THE TROPOSPHERES; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; MODEL RESULTS; MONSOON SYSTEM; OZONE MONITORING INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOCHEMICAL ACTIVITY; PHOTOCHEMICAL PRODUCTION; POLLUTANT EMISSION; POLLUTION PROBLEMS; PRE-MONSOON; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SOUTHEASTERN CHINA; SOUTHERN CHINA; SPATIAL EXTENSION; SUMMER MONSOON; TROPOSPHERIC EMISSION SPECTROMETERS; TROPOSPHERIC O; WEST CHINA;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

AIR MASS; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; OZONE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION MONITORING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STRATOSPHERE; SUMMER; TROPOSPHERE;

CHINA;

EID: 84905348921     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD012745     Document Type: Article

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