Aerosol optical properties and radiative effect determined from sky-radiometer over Loess Plateau of Northwest China

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 11455-11463

  Liu, Y ^a   Huang, J ^a   Shi, G ^b   Takamura, T ^c   Khatri, P ^c   Bi, J ^a   Shi, J ^a   Wang, T ^a   Wang, X ^a   Zhang, B ^a   Fu, Q ^d  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ALBEDO; DUST; HEATING; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATIVE FORCING; RADIOMETER; SOLAR RADIATION;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 81355154344     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-11455-2011     Document Type: Article

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