Aerosol optical properties from the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Mobile Facility at Shouxian, China

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 24, 2010, Pages

  Fan, Xuehua ^a   Chen, Hongbin ^a   Xia, Xiangao ^a   Li, Zhanqing ^b   Cribb, Maureen ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ABSORPTION SPECTRA; AGRICULTURAL WASTES; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERICS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL RADAR; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; SCATTERING; SPECTROMETERS; STATISTICS;

ABSORBING AEROSOL; ABSORPTION COEFFICIENTS; AEROSOL LIGHT ABSORPTION; AEROSOL LOADING; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL OPTICAL PROPERTY; AGRICULTURAL RESIDUE; ARITHMETIC MEAN; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION MEASUREMENT PROGRAMS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION MEASUREMENTS; BACKSCATTERING RATIO; COARSE MODE PARTICLES; DIURNAL VARIATION; LIDAR DATA; LIGHT SCATTERING COEFFICIENTS; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MEAN VALUES; MEDIAN VALUE; MINIMUM VALUE; MOBILE FACILITY; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTROMETERS; NORTHERN CHINA; OBSERVATION SYSTEMS; PEARL RIVER DELTA; SCATTERING RATIO; SINGLE SCATTERING ALBEDO; STANDARD DEVIATION; SUBMICRON; URBAN AREAS; WET DEPOSITION; YANGTZE DELTA;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

AEROSOL; ALBEDO; ELEVATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MODIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; REMOTE SENSING; URBAN REGION; WET DEPOSITION;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; GUANGDONG; UNITED STATES; YANGTZE DELTA; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 78650557296     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD014650     Document Type: Article

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