Decadal climatological trends of aerosol optical parameters over three different environments in South Korea

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1909-1916

  Panicker, A S ^a   Lee, D I ^b   Kumkar, Y V ^c   Kim, D ^d   Maki, M ^e   Uyeda, H ^f  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

^b Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^e NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR EARTH SCIENCE AND DISASTER PREVENTION   (Japan)

^f NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Angstrom exponent; AOD; Fine mode fraction

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL OPTICAL PARAMETERS; ANGSTROM EXPONENT; ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; AOD; FINE MODE FRACTION; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER;

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

OPTICAL VARIABLES CONTROL;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; AIR TEMPERATURE; DECADAL VARIATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MODIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARAMETERIZATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TERRA (SATELLITE); TREND ANALYSIS; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

PUSAN [PUSAN (ADS)]; PUSAN [SOUTH KOREA]; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 84879197402     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3557     Document Type: Article

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