Column-integrated aerosol optical properties and direct radiative forcing based on sun photometer measurements at a semi-arid rural site in Northeast China

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 157, Issue , 2015, Pages 56-65

  Wu, Yunfei ^a,b   Zhu, Jun ^a   Che, Huizheng ^c   Xia, Xiangao ^a   Zhang, Renjian ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Aerosol optical properties; Radiative forcing; Semi arid

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CARBON; PHOTOMETERS; PHOTOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SPRINGS (COMPONENTS);

AEROSOL DIRECT RADIATIVE FORCING; AEROSOL OPTICAL PROPERTY; DIRECT RADIATIVE FORCING; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING MEASUREMENTS; SEMI ARID; SINGLE SCATTERING ALBEDO; TOP OF THE ATMOSPHERES;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL FORMATION; AEROSOL PROPERTY; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIATIVE FORCING; SEMIARID REGION;

CHINA; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 84922277686     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2015.01.021     Document Type: Article

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