Diurnal variations of aerosol optical properties in the North China Plain and their influences on the estimates of direct aerosol radiative effect

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 5761-5772

  Kuang, Y ^a   Zhao, C S ^a   Tao, J C ^a   Ma, N ^a,b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL FORMATION; AEROSOL PROPERTY; ALBEDO; DIURNAL VARIATION; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA PLAIN;

EID: 84934875480     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-5761-2015     Document Type: Article

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