Chemical characteristics of air from differing source regions during the Pacific Exploratory Mission-Tropics A (PEM-Tropics A)

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D13, 1999, Pages 16181-16196

  Board, Ashley S ^a   Fuelberg, Henry E ^a   Gregory, Gerald L ^b   Heikes, Brian G ^c   Schultz, Martin G ^d   Blake, Donald R ^e   Dibb, Jack E ^f   Sandholm, Scott T ^g   Talbot, Robert W ^f  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^g GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; COMBUSTION; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; MIXING RATIO; TRAJECTORY;

EID: 0000506519     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JD900021     Document Type: Article

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