Identification of long-range transport pathways and potential sources of PM10 in tibetan plateau uplift area: Case study of Xining, China in 2014

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1044-1054

  Xin, Yujie ^a   Wang, Guochen ^a   Chen, Li ^a  

^a TIANJIN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; CWT; HYSPLIT; PM10; PSCF; Xining

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); TRAJECTORIES;

BACKWARD TRAJECTORY; HYSPLIT; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; POTENTIAL SOURCE CONTRIBUTION FUNCTION; PSCF; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRANSPORT PATHWAYS; XINING;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

EID: 84961904671     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2015.05.0296     Document Type: Article

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