Impact of atmospheric circulations on aerosol distributions in autumn over eastern China: Observational evidence

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 21, 2015, Pages 12115-12138

  Zheng, X Y ^a   Fu, Y F ^a,b,c   Yang, Y J ^a,c   Liu, G S ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

^c Anhui Institute of Meteorological Sciences   (China)

^d FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; AUTUMN; OPTICAL DEPTH; TROPOSPHERE; WESTERLY;

CHINA;

EID: 84946593641     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-12115-2015     Document Type: Article

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