Size distribution of carbonaceous aerosols at a high-altitude site on the central Tibetan Plateau (Nam Co Station, 4730ma.s.l.)

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 153, Issue , 2015, Pages 155-164

  Wan, Xin ^a,d   Kang, Shichang ^a,c   Wang, Yuesi ^b   Xin, Jinyuan ^b   Liu, Bin ^a,d   Guo, Yuhong ^b   Wen, Tianxue ^b   Zhang, Guoshuai ^a   Cong, Zhiyuan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^c Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Atmospheric aerosols; Elemental carbon; Organic carbon; Size distribution; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROPS; ORGANIC CARBON; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCE; AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; CENTRAL TIBETAN PLATEAU; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; DISTRIBUTION CHARACTERISTICS; ELEMENTAL CARBON; SECONDARY ORGANIC CARBON; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

AEROSOL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; MONSOON; ORGANIC CARBON; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84911449976     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2014.08.008     Document Type: Article

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