Absorption properties of urban/suburban aerosols in China

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-10

  Qiu, Jinhuan ^a   Yang, Jingmei ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Broadband radiation method; Correlative coefficient; Imaginary part; Single scattering albedo

Indexed keywords

EID: 46749139107     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-008-0001-0     Document Type: Article

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