Satellite observation of regional haze pollution over the North China Plain

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Tao, Minghui ^a,b   Chen, Liangfu ^a   Su, Lin ^a   Tao, Jinhua ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUST; METEOROLOGY;

A-TRAIN; AEROSOL PARTICLES; AIRBORNE DUSTS; EASTERN CHINA; FORMATION MECHANISM; GROUND MEASUREMENTS; HORIZONTAL DISTRIBUTION; LOCAL POLLUTIONS; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; NATURAL SOURCES; NORTH CHINA PLAIN; REGIONAL HAZE; REGIONAL POLLUTION; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SITE MEASUREMENTS; TOP OF THE ATMOSPHERES;

AIR POLLUTION;

AEROSOL FORMATION; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DUST; FOG; FORMATION MECHANISM; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; HAZE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SMOG; WATER VAPOR;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA PLAIN;

EID: 84863002981     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD017915     Document Type: Article

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