Carbonaceous aerosols on the south edge of the Tibetan Plateau: Concentrations, seasonality and sources

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1573-1584

  Cong, Z ^a,c,e   Kang, S ^b,e   Kawamura, K ^c   Liu, B ^a   Wan, X ^a   Wang, Z ^a   Gao, S ^a   Fu, P ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^e CAS CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN TIBETAN PLATEAU EARTH SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL PROPERTY; AIR MASS; OPTICAL DEPTH; ORGANIC CARBON; SULFATE;

CHINA; HIMALAYAS; KHUMBU HIMAL; MOUNT EVEREST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84923073984     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-1573-2015     Document Type: Article

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