A case study of dust aerosol radiative properties over Lanzhou, China

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 4283-4293

  Zhang, L ^a   Cao, X ^a   Bao, J ^a   Zhou, B ^a   Huang, J ^a   Shi, J ^a   Bi, J ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AEROSOL PROPERTY; DUST; DUST STORM; EXTINCTION COEFFICIENT; HYGROSCOPICITY; OPTICAL DEPTH; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

CHINA; GANSU; LANZHOU;

EID: 77952138122     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-4283-2010     Document Type: Article

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