Characteristics of the large-scale circulation during episodes with high and low concentrations of carbon dioxide and air pollutants at an Arctic monitoring site in winter

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 30, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 3045-3057

  Lejenäs, Harald ^a   Holmén, Kim ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atmospheric blocking; Mixing ratio

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; SULFUR;

AEROSOL; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CARBON DIOXIDE MEASUREMENT; DRUG TOXICITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPOSPHERE; USSR; WESTERN EUROPE; WIND;

AIR POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; ATMOSPHERIC BLOCKING; ATMOSPHERIC FLOW; CARBON DIOXIDE; PLANETARY WAVE; WIND DIRECTION;

ARCTIC;

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MONITORING; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SULFUR; TROPOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ARCTIC MONITORING SITE; ATMOSPHERIC BLOCKING; ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE; MIXING RATIO; RUSSIA; WINTER;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

EID: 0029663867     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1352-2310(96)00004-0     Document Type: Article

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