Vertical profiles of black carbon measured by a micro-aethalometer in summer in the North China Plain

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 16, 2016, Pages 10441-10454

  Ran, Liang ^a   Deng, Zhaoze ^a   Xu, Xiaobin ^b   Yan, Peng ^c   Lin, Weili ^c   Wang, Ying ^b   Tian, Ping ^d   Wang, Pucai ^a   Pan, Weilin ^a   Lu, Daren ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

^c NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^d Beijing Weather Modification Office   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK CARBON; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIURNAL VARIATION; SUMMER; TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA PLAIN;

EID: 85016160754     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-16-10441-2016     Document Type: Article

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