A trans-Pacific Asian dust episode and its impacts to air quality in the east coast of U.S.

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 106, Issue , 2015, Pages 358-368

  Wu, Yonghua ^a   Han, Zaw ^a   Nazmi, Chowdhury ^a   Gross, Barry ^a   Moshary, Fred ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Air quality; Asian dust; Lidar; Particulate matter; Transport

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AIR QUALITY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; OPTICAL RADAR; ORBITS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

AEROSOL TRANSPORT MODEL; ASIAN DUST; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS; SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS; SINGLE SCATTERING ALBEDO; TRANSPORT;

DUST;

AERONET; AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; ALBEDO; CALIPSO; COASTAL ZONE; DUST; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; LIDAR; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; SATELLITE DATA;

AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ASIAN DUST; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; DRY DEPOSITION; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SMOKE; UNITED STATES; WET DEPOSITION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84923061051     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.02.013     Document Type: Article

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