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Visual Range Trends in the Yangtze River Delta Region of China, 1981–2005

Lina Gao Key Laboratory of Regional Climate-Environment Research for Temperate East Asia, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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Gensuo Jia Key Laboratory of Regional Climate-Environment Research for Temperate East Asia Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic China
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Renjian Zhang Key Laboratory of Regional Climate-Environment Research for Temperate East Asia Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Huizheng Che Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Centre for Atmosphere Watch and Services, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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Congbin Fu Key Laboratory of Regional Climate-Environment Research for Temperate East Asia Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic China; Department of Climate and Global Change, Nanjing University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China
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Tijian Wang Department of Atmospheric Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, People's Republic of China
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Meigen Zhang State Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Physics and Atmospheric Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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Hong Jiang Department of Atmospheric Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China
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Peng Yan Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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Pages 843-849 | Published online: 10 Oct 2011

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