Positive relationship between liquid cloud droplet effective radius and aerosol optical depth over Eastern China from satellite data

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 84, Issue , 2014, Pages 244-253

  Tang, Jinping ^a,b   Wang, Pucai ^a   Mickley, Loretta J ^c   Xia, Xiangao ^a   Liao, Hong ^a   Yue, Xu ^c   Sun, Li ^a,b   Xia, Junrong ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Aerosol optical depth; Cloud effective radius; Eastern China

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; CLOUD EFFECTIVE RADIUS; CLOUD TOP PRESSURE; EASTERN CHINA; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; NORTH CHINA PLAIN; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS;

WATER POLLUTION;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; CLOUD DROPLET; MODIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; PRESSURE GRADIENT; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SATELLITE DATA;

AEROSOL; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CALCULATION; CHINA; CLOUD; CLOUD EFFECTIVE RADIUS; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; HUMIDITY; LATITUDE; LIQUID; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; OPTICAL DEPTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VELOCITY; WATER VAPOR; WIND;

CHINA;

EID: 84890774972     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.08.024     Document Type: Article

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