Effect of aerosols on visibility and radiation in spring 2009 in Tianjin, China

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 211-217

  Han, Suqin ^a   Bian, Hai ^a   Zhang, Yufen ^a   Wu, Jianhui ^b   Wang, Yimei ^b   Tie, Xuexi ^c   Li, Yinghua ^a   Li, Xiangjin ^a   Yao, Qing ^a  

^a Tianjin Institute of Meteorological Science   (China)

^b NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Extinction coefficient; Radiation fluxes; Refractive index; Visibility

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL LOADING; AEROSOL MASS; AMBIENT AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC VISIBILITY; ELEMENTAL CARBON; EXTINCTION CHARACTERISTICS; EXTINCTION COEFFICIENT; EXTINCTION COEFFICIENTS; FINE PARTICLES; MIE THEORY; NUMBER CONCENTRATION; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTERS; RADIANT FLUX; RADIATION FLUXES; RADIATION TRANSMISSION; SCATTERING CO-EFFICIENT; SHORT-WAVE RADIATION; TIANJIN; TIANJIN , CHINA;

AEROSOLS; RADIATION EFFECTS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; VISIBILITY;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CARBON; EXTINCTION COEFFICIENT; HAZE; LIGHT SCATTERING; METEOROLOGY; MIE THEORY; NITRATE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATIVE FORCING; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SULFATE; VISIBILITY;

CHINA; TIANJIN;

EID: 84863251918     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2011.05.0073     Document Type: Article

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