Investigation of aerosol optical depth (AOD) and Ångström exponent over the desert region of Northwestern China based on measurements from the China aerosol remote sensing network (CARSNET)

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 2024-2036

  Yu, Jie ^a,b   Che, Huizheng ^b,c   Chen, Quanliang ^a   Xia, Xiangao ^d,e   Zhao, Hujia ^b   Wang, Hong ^b   Wang, Yaqiang ^b   Zhang, Xiaoye ^b   Shi, Guangyu ^d  

^a CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

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

Author keywords

Aerosol classification; Aerosol optical depth (AOD); Northwestern China; ngstr m exponent ( )

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL PROPERTIES; REMOTE SENSING; TANTALUM COMPOUNDS;

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL REMOTE SENSING; CLASSIFICATION METHODS; COARSE MODE PARTICLES; DUNHUANG; NORTHWESTERN CHINA; SEASONAL MEAN; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; CLASSIFICATION; DESERT; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTICAL DEPTH; REMOTE SENSING; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CHINA; DUNHUANG; EJINA; GANSU; HAMI; HOTAN; LANZHOU; MINQIN; NEI MONGGOL; NINGXIA HUIZU; TAZHONG; URUMQI; XINJIANG UYGUR; YINCHUAN;

EID: 84942242013     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2014.12.0326     Document Type: Article

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