Ground-based remote sensing of aerosol climatology in China: Aerosol optical properties, direct radiative effect and its parameterization

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 124, Issue , 2016, Pages 243-251

  Xia, X ^a,b   Che, H ^c   Zhu, J ^a   Chen, H ^a,b   Cong, Z ^d   Deng, X ^e   Fan, X ^a   Fu, Y ^f   Goloub, P ^g   Jiang, H ^h   Liu, Q ^g   Mai, B ^f   Wang, P ^a   Wu, Y ^a   Zhang, J ^a   Zhang, R ^a   Zhang, X ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

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

^c STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^e NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^g Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille   (France)

^h ZHEJIANG A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Aerosol direct radiative effect; Optical properties

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; REMOTE SENSING; SOLAR RADIATION;

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL OPTICAL PROPERTY; GROUND-BASED REMOTE SENSING; RADIATIVE EFFECTS; SINGLE SCATTERING ALBEDO; SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATION; SURFACE SOLAR RADIATION; TOP OF THE ATMOSPHERES;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

AMMONIA; CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; ORGANIC CARBON;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ALBEDO; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARAMETERIZATION; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; ALBEDO; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; AUTUMN; BIOMASS; BIOMASS BURNING; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; CHINA; CLIMATE; GROUND BASED REMOTE SENSING; HEAT; HUMIDITY; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTION INDEX; REMOTE SENSING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SINGLE SCATTERING ALBEDO; SOLAR RADIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; WINTER;

CHINA;

EID: 84949726116     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.05.071     Document Type: Article

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