The lognormal distribution as a reference for reporting aerosol optical depth statistics; Empirical tests using multi-year, multi-site AERONET sunphotometer data

被引：137

作者：

O'Neill, NT ^{[1
]}

Ignatov, A

Holben, BN

Eck, TF

机构：

[1] NASA, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA

[2] NOAA, NESDIS, Climate Res & Applicat Div, Camp Springs, MD USA

[3] Univ Sherbrooke, CARTEL, LOA, Sherbrooke, PQ J1K 2R1, Canada

来源：

GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS | 2000年 / 27卷 / 20期

关键词：

All Open Access; Bronze;

D O I：

10.1029/2000GL011581

中图分类号：

P [天文学、地球科学];

学科分类号：

07 ;

摘要：

Aerosol optical depth data representative of various types of aerosols was employed to empirically demonstrate that the lognormal probability distribution is a better reference for reporting optical depth statistics than a normal probability distribution.

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页码：3333 / 3336

页数：4

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