Analysis of aerosol characteristics and their relationships with meteorological parameters over Anhui province in China

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 109-110, Issue , 2012, Pages 52-63

  Deng, Xueliang ^a   Shi, Chune ^a   Wu, Biwen ^a   Chen, Zhenghua ^b   Nie, Suping ^c   He, Dongyan ^d   Zhang, Hao ^a  

^a Anhui Institute of Meteorology   (China)

^b GUANGXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c China Meteorological Administration   (China)

^d Anhui Climate Center   (China)

Author keywords

Aerosol; HYSPLIT; Meteorological parameters; MODIS

Indexed keywords

AERONET; AEROSOL CHARACTERISTICS; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL OPTICAL PROPERTY; AIR MASS; ANHUI PROVINCE; BURNING EMISSIONS; CONTRIBUTING FACTOR; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HYSPLIT; HYSPLIT MODEL; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; MIXED LAYER DEPTHS; MODIS; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; PEAK VALUES; PIXEL COUNT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL-TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS; WIND DIRECTIONS; WIND SPEED;

AEROSOLS; AGRICULTURAL WASTES; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; RADIOMETERS;

ATMOSPHERICS;

AEROSOL; AEROSOL PROPERTY; METEOROLOGY; MODIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

ANHUI; CHINA;

EID: 84862788805     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2012.02.011     Document Type: Article

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