Surface gas pollutants in Lhasa, a highland city of Tibet – Current levels and pollution implications

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 10721-10730

  Ran, L ^a   Lin, W L ^b,e   Deji, Y Z ^c   La, B ^c   Tsering, P M ^d   Xu, X B ^b   Wang, W ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

^c Tibet Institute of Plateau Atmospheric and Environmental Science   (China)

^d Lhasa Meteorological Service   (China)

^e NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; MIXING RATIO; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLLUTANT; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TRACE GAS; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

CHINA; LHASA; XIZANG;

EID: 84907942222     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-10721-2014     Document Type: Article

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