Research Article

Impact of Asian Dust Aerosol and Surface Albedo on Photosynthetically Active Radiation and Surface Radiative Balance in Dryland Ecosystems

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(a) MODIS land cover map of the study domain. The locations of four AERONET sites (Dunhuang, Inner Mongolia, Yulin, and Beijing) are also shown. (b) Dominant ecosystem types identified from MODIS land cover statistics: barren surface, cropland, grassland, and open shrubland.
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