Recent trends in aerosol optical properties derived from AERONET measurements

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 12271-12289

  Li, J ^a,b   Carlson, B E ^a   Dubovik, O ^c   Lacis, A A ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERONET; AEROSOL PROPERTY; AIR QUALITY; BLACK CARBON; OPTICAL DEPTH; TREND ANALYSIS;

ARABIAN PENINSULA; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; EUROPE; INDIA; NORTH AMERICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 84913541613     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-12271-2014     Document Type: Article

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