A revisit to decadal change of aerosol optical depth and its impact on global radiation over China

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 150, Issue , 2017, Pages 106-115

  Tang, Wenjun ^a,b   Yang, Kun ^a,b   Qin, Jun ^a   Niu, Xiaolei ^a   Lin, Changgui ^c   Jing, Xianwen ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b CAS CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN TIBETAN PLATEAU EARTH SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d China Meteorological Administration   (China)

Author keywords

Aerosol optical depth; Clear sky; Global radiation; Visibility

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; RADIATION; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VISIBILITY;

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; CLEAR SKY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DECADAL VARIATIONS; GLOBAL RADIATION; HORIZONTAL VISIBILITY; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; TOTAL CLOUD COVER;

SOLAR RADIATION;

AEROSOL; CLEAR SKY; CLOUD COVER; DECADAL VARIATION; MODIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SOLAR RADIATION; VISIBILITY;

AEROSOL; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLOUD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLOBAL CHANGE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GLOBAL RADIATION; HUMIDITY; IMAGING; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETRY; OPTICAL DEPTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; VISIBILITY;

CHINA;

EID: 85005975990     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.11.043     Document Type: Article

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