Concentrations and light absorption characteristics of carbonaceous aerosol in PM2.5 and PM10 of Lhasa city, the Tibetan Plateau

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 127, Issue , 2016, Pages 340-346

  Li, Chaoliu ^a   Chen, Pengfei ^a,b   Kang, Shichang ^c,d   Yan, Fangping ^b,c   Hu, Zhaofu ^b,c   Qu, Bin ^e   Sillanpää, Mika ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^d CAS CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN TIBETAN PLATEAU EARTH SCIENCES   (China)

^e LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Black carbon; Carbonaceous aerosol; Lhasa; Light absorption; The Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

ABSORPTION CHARACTERISTICS; BLACK CARBON; CARBONACEOUS AEROSOL; EARTH'S RADIATIVE BALANCE; LHASA; LOGARITHMIC RELATIONSHIP; TIBETAN PLATEAU; WATER-SOLUBLE ORGANIC CARBON;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION;

CARBON; ORGANIC CARBON;

ABSORPTION; AEROSOL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHINA; EXHAUST GAS; FOSSIL; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 84952683628     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.12.059     Document Type: Article

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