Climatology of aerosol optical properties in Southern Africa

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 2910-2921

  Queface, Antonio J ^a,c   Piketh, Stuart J ^a   Eck, Thomas F ^b   Tsay, Si Chee ^b   Mavume, Alberto F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

Aerosol climatology; Aerosol trends; Fine and coarse components

Indexed keywords

AERONET; AEROSOL CONCENTRATION; AEROSOL EFFECT; AEROSOL LOADING; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL OPTICAL PROPERTY; AEROSOL PARAMETERS; AEROSOL VOLUME; ANGSTROM EXPONENT; BIOMASS-BURNING; CLIMATE SYSTEM; FINE AND COARSE COMPONENTS; FINE-MODE PARTICLES; HIGH CONCENTRATION; LONG TERM; LONG-TERM MEASUREMENTS; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MEAN VALUES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF AEROSOLS; RADIATION BUDGET; SEASONAL VARIATION; SINGLE SCATTERING ALBEDO; SOUTH AFRICA; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

BIOMASS; CLIMATOLOGY; LOADING; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AEROSOL; ALBEDO; BIOMASS BURNING; CLIMATOLOGY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MAGNITUDE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATION BALANCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VOLUME;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BURN; CLIMATE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICS; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTH AFRICA; ZAMBIA;

SOUTHERN AFRICA;

EID: 79955468246     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.01.056     Document Type: Article

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