Uplifting of carbon monoxide from biomass burning and anthropogenic sources to the free troposphere in East Asia

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 2843-2866

  Ding, K ^a   Liu, J ^a,b   Ding, A ^a   Liu, Q ^a   Zhao, T L ^c   Shi, J ^d   Han, Y ^a   Wang, H ^a   Jiang, F ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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

^d INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; BOUNDARY LAYER; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON MONOXIDE; EMISSION INVENTORY; GLOBAL CLIMATE; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

CHINA; EAST CHINA SEA; HENGDUAN MOUNTAINS; NORTH CHINA PLAIN; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN;

EID: 84924710364     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-2843-2015     Document Type: Article

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