Chemical composition and size distribution of summertime PM2.5 at a high altitude remote location in the northeast of the Qinghai-Xizang (Tibet) Plateau: Insights into aerosol sources and processing in free troposphere

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 5069-5081

  Xu, J Z ^a   Zhang, Q ^b,c   Wang, Z B ^a   Yu, G M ^a   Ge, X L ^b   Qin, X ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TROPOSPHERE;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84929208445     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-5069-2015     Document Type: Article

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