Optical properties and source analysis of aerosols over a desert area in Dunhuang, Northwest china

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 1017-1026

  Ma, Yongjing ^a,b   Xin, Jinyuan ^b,c   Ma, Yining ^a,b   Kong, Lingbin ^a,b   Zhang, Kequan ^a   Zhang, Wenyu ^a   Wang, Yuesi ^b   Wang, Xiuqin ^d   Zhu, Yongfeng ^d  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^c CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d Dunhuang Meteorological Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

anthropogenic aerosols; AOD; Dunhuang; dust aerosol; ngstr m exponent

Indexed keywords

EID: 85021441517     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-016-6224-6     Document Type: Article

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