Study of aerosol optical properties at Kunming in southwest China and long-range transport of biomass burning aerosols from North Burma

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 169, Issue , 2016, Pages 237-247

  Zhu, J ^a,d,e   Xia, X ^a,b   Che, H ^c   Wang, J ^d   Zhang, J ^a,b   Duan, Y ^f  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

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

^c STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^f Fuming Meteorological Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

Aerosol optical properties; Aerosol type and source; Long range transport

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; DROUGHT; ECOLOGY; METEOROLOGY; OPTICAL RADAR; URBAN GROWTH;

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL OPTICAL PROPERTY; AEROSOL TYPES; BACK TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS; BACKSCATTER PROFILES; COLUMNAR WATER VAPORS; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; SINGLE SCATTERING ALBEDO;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ALBEDO; BIOMASS BURNING; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; OPTICAL DEPTH; OPTICAL PROPERTY; SEASONAL VARIATION; URBAN AREA;

CHINA; KUNMING; MYANMAR; YUNNAN;

EID: 84945584282     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2015.10.012     Document Type: Article

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