Mixing state and sources of submicron regional background aerosols in the northern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the influence of biomass burning

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 23, 2015, Pages 13365-13376

  Li, W J ^a   Chen, S R ^a   Xu, Y S ^b   Guo, X C ^a,b   Sun, Y L ^c   Yang, X Y ^b   Wang, Z F ^c   Zhao, X D ^d   Chen, J M ^a   Wang, W X ^a,b  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^d QingHai Environmental Monitoring Center   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; BIOMASS BURNING; MIXING; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOOT;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

SIA;

EID: 84948776853     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-13365-2015     Document Type: Article

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