Aerosol optical properties over urban and industrial region of Northeast China by using ground-based sun-photometer measurement

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 75, Issue , 2013, Pages 270-278

  Zhao, Hujia ^a,b   Che, Huizheng ^a   Zhang, Xiaoye ^a   Ma, Yanjun ^a   Wang, Yangfeng ^a   Wang, Xuxin ^c   Liu, Chuang ^d   Hou, Bo ^e   Che, Haochi ^a  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Anshan Meteorological Bureau   (China)

^d Benxi Meteorological Bureau   (China)

^e Fushun Municipal Seismological Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

Aerosol optical depth; Angstrom exponent; Northeast China; Sun photometer

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL OPTICAL PROPERTY; ANGSTROM EXPONENT; FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; NORTHEAST CHINA; REGION OF NORTHEAST CHINAS; SUN-PHOTOMETERS; TEMPORAL CHARACTERISTICS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PHOTOMETERS;

PHOTOMETRY;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; OPTICAL DEPTH; PHOTOMETER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CHINA; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL AREA; PHOTOMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; URBAN AREA;

CHINA;

EID: 84877912633     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.04.048     Document Type: Article

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