Aircraft study of aerosol vertical distributions over Beijing and their optical properties

Pengfei Liu; Chunsheng Zhao; Qiang Zhang; Zhaoze Deng; Mengyu Huang; Xincheng Ma; Xuexi Tie

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0889.2009.00440.x

Aircraft study of aerosol vertical distributions over Beijing and their optical properties

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 61 (2009): Issue 5

By: Pengfei Liu, Chunsheng Zhao, Qiang Zhang, Zhaoze Deng, Mengyu Huang, Xincheng Ma and Xuexi Tie

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Submitted on: Dec 7, 2008

Accepted on: Jul 29, 2009

Published on: Jan 1, 2009

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© 2009 Pengfei Liu, Chunsheng Zhao, Qiang Zhang, Zhaoze Deng, Mengyu Huang, Xincheng Ma, Xuexi Tie, published by Stockholm University Press
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