Black carbon aerosols and their radiative properties in the Pearl River Delta region

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1152-1163

  Wu, Dui ^a   Mao, Jie Tai ^b   Deng, Xue Jiao ^a   Tie, Xue Xi ^c   Zhang, Yuan Hang ^b   Zeng, Li Min ^b   Li, Fei ^a   Tan, Hao Bo ^a   Bi, Xue Yan ^a   Huang, Xiao Ying ^d   Chen, Jing ^e   Deng, Tao ^a  

^a Institute of Tropical and Marine Meteorology   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d Guangdong Meteorological Bureau   (China)

^e SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Absorption coefficient; BC aerosols; Pearl River Delta; Scattering coefficient; Single scattering albedo

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT; BC AEROSOLS; PEARL RIVER DELTA; SCATTERING COEFFICIENT; SINGLE SCATTERING ALBEDO;

ABSORPTION; ABSORPTION SPECTRA; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CARBON BLACK; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DROUGHT; FOG; GEMS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PERMANENT MAGNETS; RIVERS; SCATTERING; SOLAR RADIATION;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL PROPERTY; ALBEDO; BLACK CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SCATTERING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 68949183458     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-009-0115-y     Document Type: Article

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