Impact of aerosol-meteorology interactions on fine particle pollution during China's severe haze episode in January 2013

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Wang, Jiandong ^a,b   Wang, Shuxiao ^a,b   Jiang, Jingkun ^a,b   Ding, Aijun ^c   Zheng, Mei ^d   Zhao, Bin ^a,b   Wong, David C ^e   Zhou, Wei ^a,b   Zheng, Guangjie ^a,b   Wang, Long ^a,b   Pleim, Jonathan E ^e   Hao, Jiming ^a,b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b STATE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION KEY LABORATORY OF SOURCES AND CONTROL OF AIR POLLUTION COMPLEX   (China)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

aerosol radiation interactions; fine particles; haze; meteorology; solar radiation

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; METEOROLOGY; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SOLAR RADIATION;

AEROSOL-RADIATION INTERACTIONS; FINE PARTICLES; HAZE; INITIAL PERTURBATION; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS; PM2.5 CONCENTRATION; SECONDARY PARTICLES; SURFACE SOLAR RADIATION;

AIR POLLUTION;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HAZE; METEOROLOGY; SOLAR RADIATION;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; NORTH CHINA PLAIN;

EID: 84926346077     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/9/9/094002     Document Type: Article

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