Spatial and temporal variations of aerosol optical depth in China during the period from 2003 to 2006

References

• Chandra , S. and Varotsos , C.A. 1995 . Recent trends of the total column ozone – implications for the Mediterranean region . International Journal of Remote Sensing , 16 : 1765 – 1769 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Cheung , H.C. , Wang , T. , Baumann , K. and Guo , H. 2005 . Influence of regional pollution outflow on the concentrations of fine particulate matter and visibility in the coastal area of southern China . Atmospheric Environment , 39 : 6463 – 6474 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Chu , D.A. , Kaufman , Y.J. , Zibordi , G. , Chern , J.D. , Mao , J.T. , Li , C.C. and Holben , B.N. 2003 . Global monitoring of air pollution over land from the Earth Observing System-Terra Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) . Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres , 108 : 4661 – 4679 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Cortesi , U. , Lambert , J.C. , De Clercq , C. , Bianchini , G. , Blumenstock , T. , Bracher , A. , Castelli , E. , Catoire , V. , Chance , K.V. , De Maziere , M. , Demoulin , P. , Godin-Beekmann , S. , Jones , N. , Jucks , K. , Keim , C. , Kerzenmacher , T. , Kuellmann , H. , Kuttippurath , J. , Iarlori , M. , Liu , G.Y. , Liu , Y. , McDermid , I.S. , Meijer , Y.J. , Mencaraglia , F. , Mikuteit , S. , Oelhaf , H. , Piccolo , C. , Pirre , M. , Raspollini , P. , Ravegnani , F. , Reburn , W.J. , Redaelli , G. , Remedios , J.J. , Sembhi , H. , Smale , D. , Steck , T. , Taddei , A. , Varotsos , C. , Vigouroux , C. , Waterfall , A. , Wetzel , G. and Wood , S. 2007 . Geophysical validation of MIPAS-ENVISAT operational ozone data . Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics , 7 : 4807 – 4867 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Dubovik , O. , Holben , B.N. , Eck , T.F. , Smirnov , A. , Kaufman , Y.J. , King , M.D. , Tanré , D. and Slutsker , I. 2002 . Variability of absorption and optical properties of key aerosol types observed in worldwide locations . Journal of Atmospheric Science , 59 : 590 – 608 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Efstathiou , M. , Varotsos , C. and Kondratyev , K.Y. 1998 . An estimation of the surface solar ultraviolet irradiance during an extreme total ozone minimum . Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics , 68 : 171 – 176 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ferm , M. , De Santis , F. and Varotsos , C. 2005 . Nitric acid measurements in connection with corrosion studies . Atmospheric Environment , 39 : 6664 – 6672 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ferm , M. , Watt , J. , O'Hanlon , S. , De Santis , F. and Varotsos , C. 2006 . Deposition measurement of particulate matter in connection with corrosion studies . Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry , 384 : 1320 – 1330 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gao , L.J. , Wang , T.J. , Xu , Y.F. and Min , J.Z. 2004 . Modeling sulfate aerosol and its radiative forcing over China [in Chinese] . Plateau Meteorology , 23 : 612 – 619 .
   Google Scholar
• Gernandt , H. , Goersdorf , U. , Claude , H. and Varotsos , C.A. 1995 . Possible impact of polar stratospheric processes on mid-latitude vertical ozone distributions . International Journal of Remote Sensing , 16 : 1839 – 1850 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hegg , D.A. , Livingston , J. , Hobbs , P.V. , Novakov , T. and Russell , P. 1997 . Chemical apportionment of aerosol column optical depth off the mid-Atlantic coast of the United States . Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres , 102 : 25 293 – 25 303 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Holben , B.N. , Eck , T.F. , Slutsker , I. , Tanré , D. , Buis , J.P. , Setzer , A. , Vermote , E. , Reagan , J.A. , Kaufman , Y.J. , Nakajima , T. , Lavenu , F. , Jankowiak , I. and Smirnov , A. 1998 . AERONET – a federated instrument network and data archive for aerosol characterization . Remote Sensing of Environment , 66 : 1 – 16 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ichoku , C. , Kaufman , Y.J. , Remer , L.A. and Levy , R. 2004 . Global aerosol remote sensing from MODIS . Advances in Space Research , 34 : 820 – 827 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kaufman , Y.J. , Tanré , D. and Boucher , O. 2002 . A satellite view of aerosols in the climate system . Nature , 419 : 215 – 223 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kaufman , Y.J. , Tanré , D. , Remer , L.A. , Vermote , E.F. , Chu , D.A. and Holben , B.N. 1997 . Operational remote sensing of tropospheric aerosol over land from EOS Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer . Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres , 102 : 17 051 – 17 067 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kiehl , J.T. and Briegleb , B.P. 1993 . The relative roles of sulfate aerosols and greenhouse gases in climate forcing . Science , 260 : 311 – 314 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kondratyev , K.Y. , Varotsos , C.A. and Cracknell , A.P. 1994 . Total ozone amount trend at St-Petersburg as deduced from NIMBUS-7 TOMS observations . International Journal of Remote Sensing , 15 : 2669 – 2677 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kondratyev , K.Y. and Varotsos , C.A. 1995a . Volcanic eruptions and global ozone dynamics . International Journal of Remote Sensing , 16 : 1887 – 1895 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kondratyev , K.Y. and Varotsos , C.A. 1995b . Atmospheric ozone variability in the context of global change . International Journal of Remote Sensing , 16 : 1851 – 1881 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kondratyev , K.Y. and Varotsos , C.A. 1996 . Global total ozone dynamics – impact on surface solar ultraviolet radiation variability and ecosystems. 1. Global ozone dynamics and environmental safety . Environmental Science and Pollution Research , 3 : 153 – 157 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kondratyev , K.Y. and Varotsos , C. 2002 . Remote sensing and global tropospheric ozone observed dynamics . International Journal of Remote Sensing , 23 : 159 – 178 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kotchenruther , R. , Hobbs , P.V. and Hegg , D.A. 1999 . Humidification factors for atmospheric aerosols off the mid-Atlantic coast of the United States . Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres , 104 : 2239 – 2251 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Levy , R.C. , Remer , L.A. , Matto , S. , Vermote , E.F. and Kaufman , Y.J. 2007 . Second-generation operational algorithm: retrieval of aerosol properties over land from inversion of MODIS spectral reflectance . Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres , 112 : D13211 doi:10.1029/2006JD007811
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Li , B.G. , Yuan , H.S. , Feng , N. and Tao , S. 2008 . Comparing MODIS and AERONET aerosol optical depth over China . International Journal of Remote Sensing , 30 : 6519 – 6529 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Li , Z.Q. , Niu , F. , Lee , K.H. , Xin , J.Y. , Hao , W.M. , Nordgren , B. , Wang , Y.S. and Wang , P.C. 2007 . Validation and understanding of moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer aerosol products (C5) using ground-based measurements from the handheld Sun photometer network in China . Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres , 112 : D22S09 doi:10.1029/2007JD008479
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Luo , Y.F. , Lu , D. , Zhou , X.J. , Li , W.L. and He , Q. 2001 . Characteristics of the spatial distribution and yearly variation of aerosol optical depth over China in last 30 years . Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres , 106 : 14 501 – 14 513 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Mi , W. , Li , Z.Q. , Xia , X.G. , Holben , B.N. , Levy , R.C. , Zhao , F.S. , Chen , H.B. and Cribb , M. 2007 . Evaluation of the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer aerosol products at two Aerosol Robotic Network stations in China . Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres , 112 : D22S08 doi:10.1029/2007JD008474
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• O'Neill , N.T. , Royer , A. , Cote , P. and McArthur , L.J.B. 1993 . Relations between optically derived aerosol parameters, humidity, and air-quality data in an urban atmosphere . Journal of Applied Meteorology , 32 : 1484 – 1498 .
   Google Scholar
• Ramanathan , V. , Crutzen , P.J. , Kiehl , J.T. and Rosenfeld , D. 2001 . Aerosols, climate, and the hydrological cycle . Science , 294 : 2119 – 2124 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Reid , J.S. and Hobbs , P.V. 1998 . Physical and optical properties of young smoke from individual biomass fires in Brazil . Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres , 103 : 32 013 – 32 030 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Remer , L.A. , Kaufman , Y.J. , Tanré , D. , Mattoo , S. , Chu , D.A. , Martins , J.V. , Li , R.R. , Ichoku , C. , Levy , R.C. , Kleidman , R.G. , Eck , T.F. , Vermote , E. and Holben , B.N. 2005 . The MODIS aerosol algorithm, products, and validation . Journal of Atmospheric Science , 62 : 947 – 973 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sinomaps Press, 2005 . 2005 . Atlas of Physical Geography of China , Beijing : Sinomaps Press .
   Google Scholar
• Smirnov , A. , Holben , B.N. , Dubovik , O. , O'Neill , N.T. , Remer , L.A. , Eck , T.F. , Slusker , I. and Savoie , D. 2000 . Measurement of atmospheric optical parameters on US Atlantic coast sites, ships and Bermuda during TARFOX . Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres , 105 : 9887 – 9901 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• State Forestry Administration, P. R. of China . 2004–2007 . China Forestry Yearbook 2003–2006 , Beijing : China Forestry Press .
   Google Scholar
• Statistics Press of China, 2006 . 2006 . Population Yearbook of China , Beijing : Statistics Press of China .
   Google Scholar
• Tanré , D. , Kaufman , Y.J. , Herman , M. and Matto , S. 1997 . Remote sensing of aerosol properties over oceans using the MODIS/EOS spectral radiances . Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres , 102 : 16 971 – 16 988 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Tamamura , S. , Sato , T. , Ota , Y. , Wang , X.L. , Tang , N. and Hayakawa , K. 2007 . Long-range transport of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from the eastern Asian continent to Kanazawa, Japan with Asian dust . Atmospheric Environment , 41 : 2580 – 2593 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Varotsos , C. 2002 . The southern hemisphere ozone hole split in 2002 . Environmental Science and Pollution Research , 9 : 375 – 376 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Varotsos , C. 2005 . Airborne measurements of aerosol, ozone, and solar ultraviolet irradiance in the troposphere . Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres , 110 ( D9 ) : D09202 doi: 10.1029/2004JD005397
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Varotsos , C.A. and Cracknell , A.P. 1994 . Three years of total ozone measurements over Athens obtained using the remote sensing technique of a Dobson spectrophotometer . International Journal of Remote Sensing , 15 : 1519 – 1524 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Varotsos , C.A. , Ondov , J.M. , Cracknell , A.P. , Efstathiou , M.N. and Assimakopoulos , M.N. 2006 . Long-range persistence in global Aerosol Index dynamics . International Journal of Remote Sensing , 27 : 3593 – 3603 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wang , L.L. , Xin , J.Y. , Wang , Y.S. , Li , Z.Q. , Liu , G.R. and Li , J. 2007a . Evaluation of the MODIS aerosol optical depth retrieval over different ecosystems in China during EAST-AIRE . Atmospheric Environment , 41 : 7138 – 7149 . doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.05.001
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wang , L.L. , Xin , J.Y. , Wang , Y.S. , Li , Z.Q. , Wang , P.C. , Liu , G.R. and Wen , T.X. 2007b . Validation of MODIS aerosol products by CSHNET over China . Chinese Science Bulletin , 52 : 1708 – 1718 . doi: 10.1007/s11434-007-0222-0
   Google Scholar
• Wu , S.P. , Tao , S. and Liu , W.X. 2006 . Particle size distributions of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in rural and urban atmosphere of Tianjin, China . Chemosphere , 62 : 357 – 367 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Xia , X.G. , Chen , H.B. , Goloub , P. , Zhang , W. , Chahenet , B. and Wang , P. 2007a . A compilation of aerosol optical properties and calculation of direct radiative forcing over an urban region in northern China . Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres , 112 : D12203
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Xia , X.G. , Li , Z.Q. , Holben , B. , Wang , P. , Eck , T. , Chen , H.B. , Cribb , M. and Zhao , Y.X. 2007b . Aerosol optical properties and radiative effects in the Yangtze Delta region of China . Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres , 112 : D22S12
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Xu , S.S. , Liu , W.X. and Tao , S. 2006 . Emission of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in China . Environmental Science and Technology , 40 : 702 – 708 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Yearbook Press of China, 2006 . 2006 . Economic Yearbook of China , Beijing : Yearbook Press of China .
   Google Scholar
• Zhang , Y.X. , Tao , S. , Cao , J. and Coveney , R.M. 2007 . Emission of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in China by county . Environmental Science and Technology , 41 : 683 – 687 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Zhao , T.L. , Gong , S.L. , Zhang , X.Y. , Blanchet , J.P. , McKendry , I.G. and Zhou , Z.J. 2006 . A simulated climatology of Asian dust aerosol and its trans-Pacific transport. Part I: Mean climate and validation . Journal of Climate , 19 : 88 – 103 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar