The magnitude of the effect of air pollution on sunshine hours in China

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Wang, Yawen ^a,b   Yang, Yonghui ^a   Zhao, Na ^a,c   Liu, Chen ^d   Wang, Qinxue ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

20TH CENTURY; AIR POLLUTION INDEX; NORTH CHINA; NORTH CHINA PLAIN; SICHUAN BASIN; SPATIO-TEMPORAL CHANGES; SUNSHINE HOUR; WINTER SEASONS; YANGTZE RIVER DELTA;

AIR POLLUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLEAR SKY; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA SET; POLLUTION EFFECT; SOLAR RADIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

CHINA;

EID: 84861151981     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016753     Document Type: Article

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