Aerosol optical properties at Nam Co, a remote site in central Tibetan Plateau

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 42-48

  Cong, Zhiyuan ^a   Kang, Shichang ^a   Smirnov, Alexander ^b,c   Holben, Brent ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

AERONET; Aerosol optical properties; Sun photometer; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOMETERS; PHOTOMETRY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT; WATER VAPOR;

AERONET; AEROS OL EFFECT; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH (AOD); AEROSOL OPTICAL PROPERTIES; AEROSOL PARTICLES; ANGSTROM PARAMETER; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; MAXIMUM VALUES; REMOTE SITES; SATELLITE PRODUCTS; SOIL DUST; SUMMER MONSOON SEASON; SUN PHOTOMETER; TIBETAN PLATEAU; WATER VAPOR CONTENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; DUST; HUMAN ACTIVITY; OPTICAL DEPTH; PHOTOMETER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING (SEASON);

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NAM CO; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; XIZANG;

EID: 58549117089     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2008.08.005     Document Type: Article

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