Aerosol optical properties over east Asia determined from ground-based sky radiation measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Kim, Do Hyeong ^a   Sohn, Byung Ju ^a   Nakajima, Teruyuki ^b   Takamura, Tamio ^c   Takemura, Toshihiko ^d   Choi, Byoung Cheol ^e   Yoon, Soon Chang ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Meteorological Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aerosol optical property; Asian dust; Sky radiation measurements

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; DUST; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL DEPTH; OPTICAL PROPERTY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ASIA; EURASIA;

EID: 2642579313     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003jd003387     Document Type: Article

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