The Seasonal Variations of Aerosols over East Asia as Jointly Inferred from MODIS and OMI

Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 330-337

  Qi, Liu ^a   Wei Dong, Ding ^a,b   Yun Fei, Fu ^a  

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

^b Anhui Meteorological Observatory   (China)

Author keywords

aerosol optical thickness; Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer; Ozone Monitoring Instrument; seasonal variation; single scattering albedo

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; AEROSOL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MODIS; OZONE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CHINA; SICHUAN BASIN;

EID: 85010594921     PISSN: 16742834     EISSN: 23766123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16742834.2011.11446952     Document Type: Article

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