Atmospheric aerosol elements over the inland Tibetan Plateau: Concentration, seasonality, and transport

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 789-800

  Kang, Shichang ^a,c   Chen, Pengfei ^b   Li, Chaoliu ^b   Liu, Bin ^b   Cong, Zhiyuan ^b,c  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

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

Author keywords

Aerosol; Atmospheric transport; Deposition flux; Elements; Nam Co

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; COMBUSTION; DEPOSITION; LEAD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METEOROLOGY; NICKEL; ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS; STORMS;

AIR MASS TRAJECTORIES; ANTHROPOGENIC ELEMENTS; ANTHROPOGENIC INFLUENCE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; DEPOSITION FLUXES; ELEMENTAL CONCENTRATIONS; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION ANALYSIS; TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICLES;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

AEROSOL; AIR MASS; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRY DEPOSITION; DUST STORM; MONSOON; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SEASONALITY; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; ICE CORE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT;

CENTRAL ASIA; CHINA; NAM CO; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SOUTH ASIA; XIZANG; ASIA;

EID: 84959357112     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2015.05.0307     Document Type: Article

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