Research Article

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

Figure 9

(a) Light use efficiency (LUE), and (b) carbon assimilation rate ( ) computed with the Choudhury [34] model (for wheat) as a function of sun elevation angle. Dust loading μg m−3. Surface albedo is for the cropland-2 case.
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