Black carbon aerosols in urban central China

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 150, Issue , 2015, Pages 3-11

  Zhang, Xiaolin ^a,b,c   Rao, Ruizhong ^a   Huang, Yinbo ^a   Mao, Mao ^d   Berg, Matthew J ^c   Sun, Wenbo ^e  

^a ANHUI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^e SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric aerosol particles; Biomass burning; Black carbon; Remote sensing; Source region

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOL PARTICLES; BIOMASS-BURNING; BLACK CARBON; BLACK CARBON AEROSOL; CENTRAL CHINAS; SOURCE REGION;

REMOTE SENSING;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; BIOMASS BURNING; BLACK CARBON; DIURNAL VARIATION; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MODIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; REMOTE SENSING; SEASONAL VARIATION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; WILDFIRE;

ANHUI; CHINA; HEFEI; NORTH CHINA PLAIN; YANGTZE DELTA;

EID: 84908202912     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2014.03.006     Document Type: Article

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