Effects of aerosols on the surface solar radiation in a tropical urban area

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 15, 2006, Pages

  Chou, Ming Dah ^a   Lin, Po Hsiung ^a   Ma, Po Lun ^a,b   Lin, Ho Jiunn ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOLAR RADIATION; TROPICS;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ALBEDO; CLEAR SKY; OPTICAL DEPTH; SOLAR RADIATION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN AREA;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 33845915745     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006910     Document Type: Article

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