Absorption coefficient of urban aerosol in Nanjing, west Yangtze River Delta, China

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 23, 2015, Pages 13633-13646

  Zhuang, B L ^a   Wang, T J ^a   Liu, J ^a,b   Ma, Y ^c   Yin, C Q ^a   Li, S ^a   Xie, M ^a   Han, Y ^a   Zhu, J L ^a   Yang, X Q ^a   Fu, C B ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT; AEROSOL; AIR MASS; RADIATIVE FORCING; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SOLAR RADIATION; URBAN AREA;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; JIANGSU; NANJING [JIANGSU]; YANGTZE DELTA; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 84949812735     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-13633-2015     Document Type: Article

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