The vertical structure of aerosol and its relationship to boundary-layer thermodynamics over the rural UK

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 122, Issue 536, 1996, Pages 1799-1814

  O'Dowd, Colin D ^a   Smith, Michael H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airborne observations; Boundary layer decoupling; Pollution; Stratocumulus; Subsidence inversions; Sulphate aerosols

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; RURAL AREA; STRATOCUMULUS; THERMODYNAMICS; VERTICAL STRUCTURE;

UK, ENGLAND;

EID: 0008436795     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.49712253604     Document Type: Article

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