Photometric measurements of spring aerosol optical properties in dust and non-dust periods in China

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 34, 2008, Pages 7981-7987

  Du, Wupeng ^a   Xin, Jinyuan ^a   Wang, Mingxing ^a   Gao, Qingxian ^b   Li, Zhanqing ^c   Wang, Yuesi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol optical depth (AOD); Angstrom exponent ( ); Dust weather; Non dust weather; Optical properties

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTION; ATOMIZERS; DUST; METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SENSOR NETWORKS; SPRINGS (COMPONENTS); STORMS;

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH (AOD); AEROSOL OPTICAL PROPERTIES; AEROSOL PARTICLES; ANGSTROM EXPONENT; COARSE MODE; DUST PARTICLES; DUST STORMS; DUST WEATHER; GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS; NON-DUST WEATHER; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; OPTICAL-; PHOTOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; SOURCE REGIONS; SUN PHOTOMETERS; URBAN SITES; WEATHER CONDITIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; DATA ACQUISITION; DUST; OPTICAL DEPTH; OPTICAL PROPERTY; WEATHER;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHINA; DUST; ECOLOGY; MEASUREMENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPTICS; PHOTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPRING; WEATHER;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 53249111238     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.06.043     Document Type: Article

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