Anthropogenic and natural contributions to regional trends in aerosol optical depth, 1980-2006

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 14, 2009, Pages

  Streets, David G ^a   Yan, Fang ^a,b   Chin, Mian ^c   Diehl, Thomas ^c   Mahowald, Natalie ^d   Schultz, Martin ^e   Wild, Martin ^f   Wu, Ye ^g   Yu, Carolyne ^a  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

^e FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^f Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^g TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEFORESTATION; ECONOMICS; STORMS; SUN; VOLCANOES;

AEROSOL CONCENTRATION; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL RADIATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; DUST STORM; EAST ASIA; ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES; FOREST AND GRASSLAND FIRES; FOREST FIRES; MITIGATION MEASURES; NATURAL SOURCES; REGIONAL AIR QUALITY; REGIONAL TRENDS; SOURCE TYPES; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SURFACE SOLAR RADIATION; TIME PERIODS; TRANSPORT MODELS; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; AIR QUALITY; ANNUAL VARIATION; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST STORM; FOREST FIRE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MITIGATION; OECD; OPTICAL DEPTH; SOLAR RADIATION; TREND ANALYSIS; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EUROPE; FAR EAST; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952267374     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD011624     Document Type: Article

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