China's dimming and brightening: Evidence, causes and hydrological implications

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 41-55

  Wang, Y W ^a,b   Yang, Y H ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Atmospheric composition and structure (aerosols and particles); hydrology (waterenergy interactions); meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (radiative processes)

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; ALBEDO; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; METEOROLOGY; RADIATIVE FORCING; SOLAR RADIATION; WATER VAPOR; WIND VELOCITY;

CHINA;

EID: 84893289030     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-32-41-2014     Document Type: Article

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