Properties of light-absorbing aerosols in the Nagoya urban area, Japan, in August 2011 and January 2012: Contributions of brown carbon and lensing effect

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 119, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 12,721-12,739

  Nakayama, Tomoki ^a   Ikeda, Yuka ^a   Sawada, Yuuki ^a   Setoguchi, Yoshitaka ^a   Ogawa, Shuhei ^a   Kawana, Kaori ^a   Mochida, Michihiro ^a   Ikemori, Fumikazu ^a,b   Matsumoto, Kiyoshi ^c   Matsumi, Yutaka ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA CITY INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

aerosol optical properties; black carbon (BC); brown carbon (BrC); lensing effect

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; BLACK CARBON; LIGHT EFFECT; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; URBAN AREA; VAPORIZATION;

AICHI; CHUBU; HONSHU; JAPAN; NAGOYA;

EID: 84918505420     PISSN: 2169897X     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD021744     Document Type: Article

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