Variation of aerosol optical properties from AERONET observation at Mt. Muztagh Ata, Eastern Pamirs

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 153, Issue , 2015, Pages 480-488

  Yan, Ni ^a,b   Wu, Guangjian ^a   Zhang, Xuelei ^c   Zhang, Chenglong ^d   Xu, Tianli ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c NORTHEAST INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND AGRICULTURAL ECOLOGY   (China)

^d RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

AERONET; Aerosol optical depth; Muztagh Ata; Volume size distribution; ngstr m exponent

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

AERONET; AEROSOL MONITORING; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL OPTICAL PROPERTY; AEROSOL ROBOTIC NETWORKS; GROUND-BASED REMOTE SENSING; MUZTAGH ATA; VOLUME SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

AERONET; AEROSOL PROPERTY; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARTICLE SIZE; REMOTE SENSING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

MUZTAGH ATA; PAMIRS;

EID: 84908568364     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2014.10.013     Document Type: Article

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