Seasonal characteristics of aerosol radiative effect estimated from ground-based solar radiation measurements in Tsukuba, Japan

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Kudo, Rei ^a   Uchiyama, Akihiro ^a   Yamazaki, Akihiro ^a   Kobayashi, Eriko ^b  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b Aerological Observatory   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; INFRARED DEVICES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN;

AEROSOL OPTICAL PROPERTY; ASYMMETRY FACTOR; DIRECT RADIATIVE FORCING; EAST ASIA; GROUND BASED; NEAR INFRARED REGION; OPTICAL THICKNESS; PER UNIT; RADIATIVE EFFECTS; RADIATIVE FORCING EFFICIENCY; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; SEASONAL CHANGES; SEASONAL CHARACTERISTICS; SINGLE SCATTERING ALBEDO; SOLAR IRRADIANCES; SOLAR RADIATION MEASUREMENTS; SPECTRAL IRRADIANCE; TOP OF THE ATMOSPHERES; VISIBLE AND NEAR INFRARED;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ALBEDO; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; INFRARED RADIATION; RADIATIVE FORCING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

HONSHU; IBARAKI; JAPAN; KANTO; TSUKUBA;

EID: 76249134391     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD012487     Document Type: Article

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