Sunshine dimming and brightening in Chinese cities (1955-2011) was driven by air pollution rather than clouds

Climate Research

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 11-20

  Wang, Yawen ^a,b   Yang, Yonghui ^a   Han, Shumin ^a   Wang, Qinxue ^c   Zhang, Jiahua ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^d CENTER FOR EARTH OBSERVATION AND DIGITAL EARTH   (China)

Author keywords

Air pollution index; Grey relational analysis; Sunshine hours; Total cloud cover

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION INDEX; CHINESE CITIES; DRIVING FACTORS; GREY RELATIONAL ANALYSES (GRA); GREY RELATIONAL ANALYSIS; SUNSHINE HOUR; TOTAL CLOUD COVER; WINTER SEASONS;

AIR QUALITY;

INFORMATION THEORY;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLOUD COVER; DAY LENGTH; PHOTOPERIOD; SEASONALITY; URBAN POLLUTION;

CHINA;

EID: 84875325300     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr01139     Document Type: Article

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