Opposite seasonality of the aerosol optical depth and the surface particulate matter concentration over the north China Plain

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 127, Issue , 2016, Pages 90-99

  Qu, Wenjun ^a   Wang, Jun ^b   Zhang, Xiaoye ^c   Sheng, Lifang ^a   Wang, Wencai ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Aerosol optical depth; Boundary layer height; North China Plain; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL RADAR; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; BOUNDARY LAYER HEIGHTS; CLOUD-AEROSOL LIDAR AND INFRARED PATHFINDER SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; HIGHER RELATIVE HUMIDITY; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; NORTH CHINA PLAIN; PARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; SEASONALITY;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; BOUNDARY LAYER; MODIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONALITY;

AEROSOL; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BOUNDARY LAYER; CHINA; CLOUD; HUMIDITY; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; WATER VAPOR; WINTER;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA PLAIN;

EID: 84949870918     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.11.061     Document Type: Article

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