Trans-Pacific transport of dust aerosols from East Asia: Insights gained from multiple observations and modeling

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 230, Issue , 2017, Pages 1030-1039

  Guo, Jianping ^a   Lou, Mengyun ^a,c   Miao, Yucong ^a   Wang, Yuan ^b   Zeng, Zhaoliang ^a   Liu, Huan ^a   He, Jing ^a   Xu, Hui ^a   Wang, Fu ^d   Min, Min ^d   Zhai, Panmao ^a  

^a STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d NATIONAL SATELLITE METEOROLOGICAL CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

CALIPSO; Dust; Pacific; PM10; Transport; Wet deposition; WRF Chem

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ARID REGIONS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DUST; OCEANOGRAPHY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CALIPSO; PACIFIC; PM10; TRANSPORT; WET DEPOSITION; WRF-CHEM;

AIR POLLUTION;

AEROSOL; CALIPSO; DUST; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICULATE MATTER; WEATHER FORECASTING; WET DEPOSITION;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DUST; EAST ASIAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLUME; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; ASIA; CHEMICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FAR EAST; FORECASTING; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; WEATHER;

FAR EAST;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; ASIA; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FAR EAST; FORECASTING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; WEATHER;

EID: 85026251101     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.07.062     Document Type: Article

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