A closer looking at dimming and brightening in China during 1961-2005

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1121-1132

  Xia, X ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Atmospheric composition and structure (Transmission and scattering of radiation)

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLEAR SKY; CLOUD COVER; CORRELATION; DECADAL VARIATION; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SOLAR RADIATION; TREND ANALYSIS;

CHINA;

EID: 77952578671     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-28-1121-2010     Document Type: Article

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