MAX-DOAS measurements in southern China: Retrieval of aerosol extinctions and validation using ground-based in-situ data

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2079-2089

  Li, X ^a,b   Brauers, T ^b   Shao, M ^a   Garland, R M ^c   Wagner, T ^c   Deutschmann, T ^c   Wahner, A ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; BOUNDARY LAYER; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SAMPLING; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 77649194374     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-2079-2010     Document Type: Article

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