Aerosol optical properties at Mt. Waliguan Observatory, China

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 33, 2011, Pages 6004-6009

  Che, Huizheng ^a   Wang, Yaqiang ^a   Sun, Junying ^a  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Aerosol optical depth; Angstrom exponent; China; Mt. Waliguan Observatory; Sunphotometer

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; ANGSTROM EXPONENT; CHINA; MT. WALIGUAN OBSERVATORY; SUN PHOTOMETERS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BUILDINGS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DUST; OBSERVATORIES;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

AEROSOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DESERT; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OPTICAL PROPERTY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; ASIAN; AUTUMN; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DESERT; DUST; GEOGRAPHY; OPTICAL DEPTH; OPTICS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; WINTER;

CHINA; QINGHAI; WALIGUAN MOUNTAIN;

EID: 81155162504     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.07.050     Document Type: Article

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