Aerosol optical properties near Guangzhou

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Aerosol optical properties in a rural environment near the mega-city Guangzhou, China: implications for regional air pollution, radiative forcing and remote sensing

The scattering and absorption of solar radiation by atmospheric aerosols is a key element of the Earth’s radiative energy balance and climate. The optical properties of aerosol particles are, however, highly variable and not well characterized, especially near newly emerging mega-cities. In this study, aerosol optical properties were measured at a rural site approximately 60 km northwest of the...

Aerosol optical properties in Northern China

The measurement of aerosol optical properties at a rural site in Northern China P. Yan, J. Tang, J. Huang, J. T. Mao, X. J. Zhou, Q. Liu, Z. F. Wang, and H. G. Zhou Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences of CMA, Beijing, China Atmospheric Department, Peking University, Beijing, China Guangzhou tropical meteorological institute of CMA, Guangzhou, China Beijing meteorological Bureau, Beijing,...

Aerosol optical properties in a rural environment near the mega-city Guangzhou, China: implications for regional air pollution and radiative forcing

The scattering and absorption of solar radiation by atmospheric aerosols is a key element of the Earth's radiative energy balance and climate. The optical properties of aerosol particles are, however, highly variable and not well characterized, especially near newly emerging mega-cities. In this study, aerosol optical properties were mea-5 sured at a regional background site approximately 60 km...

Modelling the direct effect of aerosols in the solar near-infrared on a planetary scale

We used a spectral radiative transfer model to compute the direct radiative effect (DRE) of natural plus anthropogenic aerosols in the solar near-infrared (IR), between 0.85–10μm, namely, their effect on the outgoing nearIR radiation at the top of atmosphere (TOA, 1FTOA), on the atmospheric absorption of near-IR radiation (1Fatmab) and on the surface downward and absorbed near-IR radiation (1Fs...