Column-integrated aerosol optical properties and direct radiative forcing over the urban-industrial megacity Nanjing in the Yangtze River Delta, China

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 23, Issue 17, 2016, Pages 17532-17552

  Kang, Na ^a   Kumar, K Raghavendra ^a   Yu, Xingna ^a   Yin, Yan ^a  

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

Author keywords

AERONET; Aerosol optical depth; Aerosol type; Nanjing; Radiative forcing; Single scattering albedo

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; DUST;

AEROSOL; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; DUST; RIVER;

AEROSOLS; CHINA; DUST; RIVERS;

EID: 84971014014     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-016-6953-1     Document Type: Article

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