Long-range transport of anthropogenic aerosols to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration baseline station at Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawaii

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D15, 1999, Pages 18521-18533

  Perry, Kevin D ^a,c   Cahill, Thomas A ^a   Schnell, Russell C ^b   Harris, Joyce M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

HAWAII; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0000132564     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998JD100083     Document Type: Article

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