Seasonal variation and four-year trend of black carbon in the Mid-west China: The analysis of the ambient measurement and WRF-Chem modeling

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 123, Issue , 2015, Pages 430-439

  Zhao, Shuyu ^a,b   Tie, Xuexi ^a,c   Cao, Junji ^a,d   Li, Nan ^a,b   Li, Guohui ^a   Zhang, Qiang ^e   Zhu, Chongshu ^a   Long, Xin ^a   Li, Jiandong ^a   Feng, Tian ^d   Su, Xiaoli ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Black carbon; Emission; Guanzhong basin; Seasonal variation; WRF Chem model; Xi'an city

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CARBON; EMISSION CONTROL; NEUTRON EMISSION;

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BACKGROUND CONCENTRATION; BLACK CARBON; GUANZHONG BASIN; HORIZONTAL TRANSPORT; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; SEASONAL VARIATION; XI'AN CITIES;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BLACK CARBON;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BLACK CARBON; CARBON EMISSION; SEASONAL VARIATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; AUTUMN; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; METEOROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; TREND STUDY; WEATHER; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODEL; WIND; WINTER;

CHINA; GUANZHONG PLAIN; SHAANXI; XIAN;

EID: 84949539269     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.05.008     Document Type: Article

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