Characterizing a persistent Asian dust transport event: Optical properties and impact on air quality through the ground-based and satellite measurements over Nanjing, China

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 115, Issue , 2015, Pages 304-316

  Han, Yong ^a   Wu, Yonghua ^b   Wang, Tijian ^a   Xie, Chenbo ^c   Zhao, Kun ^a   Zhuang, Bingliang ^a   Li, Shu ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c ANHUI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

Author keywords

Air quality; Asian dust; Lidar; Modeling; Optical properties

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AIR QUALITY; ARID REGIONS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; LANDFORMS; MODELS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL RADAR; SATELLITES;

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; ANTHROPOGENIC AEROSOLS; ASIAN DUST; EXTINCTION COEFFICIENTS; EXTINCTION-TO-BACKSCATTER RATIO; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS; SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS; SURFACE CONCENTRATION;

DUST;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DUST; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; LIDAR; OPTICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SATELLITE DATA;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; BOUNDARY LAYER; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DEPOLARIZATION; DUST; HUMIDITY; OPTICAL DEPTH; OPTICS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SURFACE PROPERTY; TROPOSPHERE; VISIBILITY;

CHINA; GOBI DESERT; JIANGSU; NANJING [JIANGSU];

EID: 84937823241     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.05.048     Document Type: Article

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