Size distribution and optical properties of particulate matter (Pm10) and black carbon (bc) during dust storms and local air pollution events across a loess plateau site

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 2212-2224

  Pu, Wei ^a   Wang, Xin ^a   Zhang, Xueying ^a   Ren, Yong ^a   Shi, Jin Sen ^a   Bi, Jian Rong ^a   Zhang, Bei Dou ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aerosol absorption coefficient; Aerosol scattering coefficient; Black carbon; Dust storms; Local air pollutants; PM10

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; DUST; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; FUELS; LANDFORMS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POLLUTION; SEDIMENTS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STORMS;

AEROSOL ABSORPTION; AEROSOL SCATTERING COEFFICIENT; AIR POLLUTANTS; BLACK CARBON; DUST STORM; PM10;

AIR POLLUTION;

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT; AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BLACK CARBON; DUST STORM; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

CHINA; GANSU; LANZHOU; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 84947751901     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2015.02.0109     Document Type: Article

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