Increase of aerosol scattering by hygroscopic growth: Observation, modeling, and implications on visibility

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 132-133, Issue , 2013, Pages 91-101

  Liu, Xingang ^a   Gu, Jianwei ^b   Li, Yunpeng ^b   Cheng, Yafang ^b   Qu, Yu ^c   Han, Tingting ^a   Wang, Jingli ^d   Tian, Hezhong ^a   Chen, Jing ^a   Zhang, Yuanhang ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^d NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Aerosol chemical compositions; Hygroscopic growth of aerosol scattering; Relative humidity; Visibility

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL OPTICAL PROPERTY; AEROSOL SCATTERING; AEROSOL SCATTERING COEFFICIENT; ATMOSPHERIC VISIBILITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; HYGROSCOPIC PROPERTIES; VISIBILITY IMPAIRMENT;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; VISIBILITY;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL PROPERTY; AIR QUALITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HYGROSCOPICITY; MEGACITY; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PARTICULATE MATTER; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SCATTERING; VISIBILITY;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84879150446     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2013.04.007     Document Type: Article

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