You are currently viewing a new version of our website. To view the old version click .

Atmosphere, Volume 7, Issue 8

August 2016 - 13 articles

  • Issues are regarded as officially published after their release is announced to the table of contents alert mailing list .
  • You may sign up for email alerts to receive table of contents of newly released issues.
  • PDF is the official format for papers published in both, html and pdf forms. To view the papers in pdf format, click on the "PDF Full-text" link, and use the free Adobe Reader to open them.

Articles (13)

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
7,442 Views
16 Pages

19 August 2016

Surface energy balance (SEB) is a basic principle for all of the atmospheric circulation models, and surface soil heat flux (G0) is an important component of energy balance. Plastic mulch is widely used in arid regions and alters land surface process...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
5,810 Views
19 Pages

Evaluating Summer-Time Ozone Enhancement Events in the Southeast United States

  • Matthew S. Johnson,
  • Shi Kuang,
  • Lihua Wang and
  • M. J. Newchurch

19 August 2016

This study evaluates source attribution of ozone (O3) in the southeast United States (US) within O3 lamina observed by the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) Tropospheric Ozone Lidar Network (TOLNet) system during June 2013. This research appl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
6,438 Views
11 Pages

17 August 2016

The planetary boundary layer (PBL) is an atmospheric region near the Earth’s surface. It is significant for weather forecasting and for the study of air quality and climate. In this study, the top of nocturnal residual layers—which are what remain of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
5,880 Views
16 Pages

10 August 2016

This study investigated the seasonal variation of nitrate concentration and its radiative forcing over East Asia by using an online-coupled regional climate model. Comparison with a series of in-situ observations from Acid Deposition Monitoring Netwo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,728 Views
12 Pages

8 August 2016

To evaluate the characteristics of atmospheric particle retention by plant leaves during the tourism season in Buddhism-based scenic areas, plants distributed in the core area of the Mount Wutai scenic area were selected for study: Populus davidiana...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,192 Views
12 Pages

GNSS Measurement of Rain Rate by Polarimetric Phase Shift: Theoretical Analysis

  • Hao An,
  • Wei Yan,
  • Yunxian Huang,
  • Weihua Ai,
  • Yingqiang Wang,
  • Xianbin Zhao and
  • Xiaoying Huang

5 August 2016

In this paper, a novel method for rain rate estimation is researched by polarimetric phase shift of the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). The physical process of GNSS signals propagating through rain-filled medium is investigated, by which t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
36 Citations
7,830 Views
13 Pages

Water-Soluble Ionic Composition of Aerosols at Urban Location in the Foothills of Himalaya, Pokhara Valley, Nepal

  • Lekhendra Tripathee,
  • Shichang Kang,
  • Dipesh Rupakheti,
  • Qianggong Zhang,
  • Jie Huang and
  • Mika Sillanpää

5 August 2016

The total suspended particulate (TSP) samples were collected from April 2013 to April 2014 at the urban location of Pokhara valley in western Nepal. The major aims were to study, quantify, and understand the concentrations and variations of TSP and m...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,886 Views
21 Pages

Investigation of the Optical Properties of Aerosols over the Coastal Region at Dalian, Northeast China

  • Hujia Zhao,
  • Huizheng Che,
  • Yaqiang Wang,
  • Hong Wang,
  • Yanjun Ma,
  • Yangfeng Wang and
  • Xiaoye Zhang

5 August 2016

Measurements of the aerosol optical depth (AOD) and the Ångström exponent were retrieved from level 1.5 data obtained by the CE318 sun photometer at Dalian monitoring station from April 2007 to April 2012 to characterize the aerosol spatial and tempo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
5,916 Views
20 Pages

The effects of the liquid water content (LWC) and mixing ratio of hydrometeors in the simulation of convective precipitation in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, are investigated using a three-dimensional convective rainstorm model. The microphysical pro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
6,905 Views
12 Pages

It is known that aerosol and precursor gas emissions over East Asia may be underestimated by 50% due to the absence of data on regional rural and township industries. As the most important element of anthropogenic emissions, sulphur dioxide (SO 2...

of 2

Get Alerted

Add your email address to receive forthcoming issues of this journal.

XFacebookLinkedIn
Atmosphere - ISSN 2073-4433