Cloud and aerosol contributions to variation in shortwave surface irradiance over East Asia in July during 2001 and 2007

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 329-337

  Kawamoto, Kazuaki ^a   Hayasaka, Tadahiro ^b  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Cloud; East Asia; Radiation budget; Shortwave irradiance

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; EAST ASIA; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATIONS; RADIATION BUDGET; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; RESEARCH DOMAINS; SHORTWAVE IRRADIANCE; SHORTWAVE SURFACE IRRADIANCE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL CHANGE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CLOUDS; RESEARCH;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUD; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; IRRADIATION; RADIATION BUDGET; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

FAR EAST;

EID: 78649510829     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2010.08.002     Document Type: Article

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