Direct radiative forcing of urban aerosols over Pretoria (25.75°S, 28.28°E) using AERONET Sunphotometer data: First scientific results and environmental impact

Journal of Environmental Sciences (China)

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2459-2474

  Adesina, Ayodele Joseph ^a   Kumar, Kanike Raghavendra ^a,b   Sivakumar, Venkataraman ^a   Griffith, Derek ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

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

^c DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

AERONET; Aerosol optical depth; Pretoria; Radiative forcing; Single scattering albedo

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SEA LEVEL; SOLAR RADIATION;

AERONET; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; PRETORIA; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; SINGLE SCATTERING ALBEDO;

URBAN GROWTH;

AEROSOL; ALBEDO; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIATIVE FORCING; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

GAUTENG; PRETORIA; SOUTH AFRICA;

AEROSOL;

AEROSOL; ANALYSIS; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENT; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; REMOTE SENSING; SOUTH AFRICA; WEATHER;

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENT; OPTICAL PHENOMENA; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA; WEATHER;

EID: 84915752416     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: 18787320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2014.04.006     Document Type: Article

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