Seasonal statistical characteristics of aerosol optical properties at a site near a dust region in China

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 16, 2008, Pages

  Zheng, Youfei ^a   Liu, Jianjun ^a   Wu, Rongjun ^a   Li, Zhanqing ^a,b   Wang, Biao ^c   Tamio, Takamura ^d  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^d CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; DUST; LIGHT SCATTERING; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ALBEDO; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; DUST; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; IRRADIANCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIOMETER;

ASIA; CHINA; DUNHUANG; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GANSU;

DUST; LIGHT REFRACTION; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOLAR RADIATION;

ACCUMULATION MODES; AEROSOL OPTICAL PROPERTY; AEROSOL OPTICAL THICKNESS; AEROSOL PROPERTIES; AEROSOL VOLUME; ANGSTROM EXPONENT; COARSE MODE; DIFFUSE SOLAR IRRADIANCE; EXPONENTIAL FUNCTIONS; FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; GAUSSIAN MODEL; GROUND BASED; INVERSION CODE; LOGNORMAL PROBABILITY; MAXIMUM VALUES; MINIMUM VALUE; REAL PART; SEASONAL VARIATION; SINGLE SCATTERING ALBEDO; SKY RADIOMETERS; STATISTICAL CHARACTERISTICS; VOLUME SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

EID: 56249116615     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD009384     Document Type: Article

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