Variation of aerosol optical properties over the Taklimakan Desert in China

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 777-785

  Che, Huizheng ^a   Wang, Yaqiang ^a   Sun, Junying ^a   Zhang, Xiaochun ^a   Zhang, Xiaoye ^a   Guo, Jianping ^a  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Aerosol optical depth (AOD); Angstrom exponent; China; Taklimakan desert

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL OPTICAL PROPERTY; ANGSTROM EXPONENT; CHINA; DIURNAL VARIATION; DUST STORM; FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; MEASUREMENTS OF; NORTHWEST CHINA; OCCURRENCE PROBABILITY; POWER EQUATIONS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SINGLE PEAK; TAKLIMAKAN DESERT;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; LANDFORMS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; STORMS;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; DIURNAL VARIATION; DUST STORM; OPTICAL DEPTH; PROBABILITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CHINA; TAKLIMAKAN DESERT; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 84874396120     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2012.07.0200     Document Type: Article

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