Physicochemical characteristics of black carbon aerosol and its radiative impact in a polluted urban area of China

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 121, Issue 20, 2016, Pages 12,505-12,519

  Wang, Qiyuan ^a   Huang, Ru Jin ^a,b,c   Zhao, Zhuzi ^a   Cao, Junji ^a,d   Ni, Haiyan ^a   Tie, Xuexi ^a   Zhao, Shuyu ^a   Su, Xiaoli ^a   Han, Yongming ^a,d   Shen, Zhenxing ^d   Wang, Yichen ^a   Zhang, Ningning ^a   Zhou, Yaqing ^a   Corbin, Joel C ^b  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c XIAMEN HUAXIA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BIOMASS BURNING; BLACK CARBON; COAL COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MIXING; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RADIATION BALANCE; RADIATIVE FORCING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN AREA; URBAN POLLUTION;

CHINA; SHAANXI; XIAN;

EID: 84995639232     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016JD024748     Document Type: Article

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