Cloud ‘shrinking’ and ‘optical thinning’ in the ‘dimming’ period and a subsequent recovery in the ‘brightening’ period over China
There was a dramatic increase in aerosol loading in China after the 1960s due to rapid industrialization, followed by a gradual reduction due to improvements in air quality since the early 2000s. They are deemed to be the main cause of ‘dimming’ and ‘brightening’ in China, respectively. China, there...
Main Authors: | Su Yang, Zijiang Zhou, Yu Yu, Martin Wild |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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IOP Publishing
2021-01-01
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Series: | Environmental Research Letters |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abdf89 |
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