Geographical features of changes in surface shortwave irradiance in East Asia estimated using the potential radiative forcing index

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 96, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 337-343

  Kawamoto, K ^a   Hayasaka, T ^b  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL EFFECT; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; ATMOSPHERIC PARAMETERS; CLOUD AMOUNT; CLOUD OPTICAL DEPTH; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EAST ASIA; GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES; GROUND BASED; POSITIVE EFFECTS; PRECIPITABLE WATER; PYRANOMETERS; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; SOUTH CHINA;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLOUD COVER; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; IRRADIANCE; MODEL VALIDATION; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITABLE WATER; RADIATIVE FORCING; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

FAR EAST;

EID: 77952319655     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2009.09.016     Document Type: Article

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