Comparison of column-integrated aerosol optical and physical properties in an urban and suburban site on the North China Plain

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 477-486

  Fan, Xuehua ^a   Xia, Xiang’ao ^a,b   Chen, Hongbin ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

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

Author keywords

aerosol; North China Plain; optical properties

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922422562     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: 18619533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-014-4097-0     Document Type: Article

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