Aerosol optical depth over the Tibetan Plateau and its relation to aerosols over the Taklimakan Desert

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 16, 2008, Pages

  Xia, Xiangao ^a   Wang, Pucai ^a   Wang, Yuesi ^a   Li, Zhanqing ^b   Xin, Jinyuan ^a   Liu, Jing ^a,c   Chen, Hongbin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTION; LANDFORMS; REMOTE SENSING; SPACE OPTICS; SPRINGS (COMPONENTS);

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AND ENVIRONMENTS; MULTIANGLE IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; REMOTE SENSING DATUMS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SEASONAL VARIATIONS; TAKLIMAKAN DESERTS; TIBETAN PLATEAUX; VARIATIONS OF;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ANNUAL VARIATION; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL DEPTH; REMOTE SENSING; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; TAKLIMAKAN DESERT; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 56449115173     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL034981     Document Type: Article

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