Aerosol optical depth measurements in eastern China and a new calibration method

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 13, 2010, Pages

  Lee, Kwon H ^a,b   Li, Zhanqing ^a,c,d   Cribb, M C ^a   Liu, Jianjun ^c   Wang, Lei ^c   Zheng, Youfei ^c   Xia, Xiangao ^d   Chen, Hongbin ^d   Li, Bai ^e  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b Kyungil University   (South Korea)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^e NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CALIBRATION; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY;

AEROSOL LOADING; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL PROPERTIES; AIR MASS; ANTHROPOGENIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION MEASUREMENTS; CALIBRATION METHOD; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DUST PARTICLE; EASTERN CHINA; HYDROSCOPIC; LANGLEY METHOD; MOBILE FACILITY; ROTATING SHADOWBAND RADIOMETER; SCATTER PLOTS; SKY RADIOMETERS; TROPOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; AIR MASS; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CALIBRATION; DUST; IRRADIANCE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIOMETER; SLOPE; TROPOSPHERE;

CHINA;

EID: 77956048666     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD012812     Document Type: Article

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