Chemical composition of PM2.5 at a high–altitude regional background site over Northeast Of Tibet Plateau

Atmospheric Pollution Research

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 815-823

  Zhao, Zhuzi ^a,b   Cao, Junji ^a   Shen, Zhenxing ^c   Huang, Ru–Jin ^d   Hu, Tafeng ^a   Wang, Ping ^a   Zhang, Ting ^a   Liu, Suixin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Carbonaceous aerosols; Chemical composition; PM2.5; Qinghai lake; Tibet plateau

Indexed keywords

BOS GRUNNIENS;

EID: 84940212891     PISSN: 13091042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5094/APR.2015.090     Document Type: Article

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