Aircraft measurements of the vertical distribution and activation property of aerosol particles over the Loess Plateau in China

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 155, Issue , 2015, Pages 73-86

  Li, Junxia ^a,b   Yin, Yan ^a   Li, Peiren ^b   Li, Zhanqing ^c,d   Li, Runjun ^c   Cribb, Maureen ^d   Dong, Zipeng ^c,e   Zhang, Fang ^c   Li, Jin ^f   Ren, Gang ^b   Jin, Lijun ^b   Li, Yiyu ^b  

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

^b Weather Modification Office of Shanxi Province   (China)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e Shaanxi Institute of Meteorological Sciences   (China)

^f Meteorological Station in Anhui Province   (China)

Author keywords

Activation property; Aircraft measurements; Size distribution; The Loess Plateau; Vertical distribution

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; LANDFORMS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PARTICLE SIZE; SEDIMENTS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ACTIVATION PROPERTY; AEROSOL NUMBER SIZE DISTRIBUTION; AEROSOL PARTICLE SIZES; AIRCRAFT MEASUREMENT; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI; LOESS PLATEAU; LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS;

AEROSOL; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AIRBORNE SURVEY; AIRCRAFT; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PARTICLE SIZE; VERTICAL PROFILE;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 84918526186     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2014.12.004     Document Type: Article

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