Formation mechanism of continuous extreme haze episodes in the megacity Beijing, China, in January 2013

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 155, Issue , 2015, Pages 192-203

  Yang, Yiru ^a   Liu, Xingang ^a   Qu, Yu ^b   Wang, Jingli ^c   An, Junling ^b   Zhang, Yuanhangi ^d   Zhang, Fang ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^c NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Beijing; Chemical characteristics; Formation mechanism; Haze episodes

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLIMATOLOGY; POLLUTION; WIND;

BEIJING; CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORMATION AND EVOLUTIONS; FORMATION MECHANISM; HAZE EPISODES; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS; TEMPERATURE INVERSION LAYERS;

COAL COMBUSTION;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL FORMATION; AIR TEMPERATURE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HAZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84920689792     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2014.11.023     Document Type: Article

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