Aerosol optical properties in the North China Plain during HaChi campaign: An in-situ optical closure study

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 5959-5973

  Ma, N ^a   Zhao, C S ^a   Nowak, A ^b   Muller T ^b   Pfeifer, S ^b   Cheng, Y F ^c   Deng, Z Z ^a   Liu, P F ^a   Xu, W Y ^a   Ran, L ^a   Yan, P ^d   Gobel T ^b   Hallbauer, E ^b   Mildenberger, K ^b   Henning, S ^b   Yu, J ^e   Chen, L L ^e   Zhou, X J ^a,d   Stratmann, F ^b   Wiedensohler, A ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

^e Wuqing Meteorological Bureau of Tianjin   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL PROPERTY; ALBEDO; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE FORCING; DIURNAL VARIATION; EMISSION; HAZE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; OPTICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTANT; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL VARIATION;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; NORTH CHINA PLAIN; TIANJIN;

EID: 79960009151     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-5959-2011     Document Type: Article

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