Seasonal variations of aerosol optical properties, vertical distribution and associated radiative effects in the Yangtze Delta region of China

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Liu, Jianjun ^a,b   Zheng, Youfei ^a   Li, Zhanqing ^b,c   Flynn, Connor ^d   Cribb, Maureen ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b University of Maryland   (United States)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; DUST; OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

AEROSOL EXTINCTION; AEROSOL INDEX; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL OPTICAL PROPERTY; AEROSOL PARTICLES; ANNUAL MEAN; ASYMMETRY FACTOR; ATMOSPHERIC STABILITY; BACK TRAJECTORIES; BACK TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS; DIFFUSE RADIATION; DUST AEROSOLS; EASTERN CHINA; LINEAR DEPOLARIZATION; LOWER TROPOSPHERE; MONGOLIA; PARTICLE DISTRIBUTIONS; RADIATIVE EFFECTS; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHORT-WAVE RADIATION; SIBERIA; SINGLE SCATTERING ALBEDO; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; VERTICAL PROFILE; YANGTZE DELTA; YANGTZE RIVER DELTA;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; DELTA; HEATING; OPTICAL PROPERTY; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; TRAJECTORY; TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; VERTICAL PROFILE;

CHINA; MONGOLIA; SIBERIA; TAIHU; YANGTZE DELTA;

EID: 84863127354     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016490     Document Type: Article

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