Aerosols from biomass burning over the tropical South Atlantic region: Distributions and impacts

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 101, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 24117-24137

  Anderson, Bruce E ^a   Grant, William B ^a   Gregory, Gerald L ^a   Browell, Edward V ^a   Collins Jr , James E ^b   Sachse, Glen W ^a   Bagwell, Donald R ^a   Hudgins, Charles H ^a   Blake, Donald R ^c   Blake, Nicola J ^c  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AEROSOLS; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ANTHROPOGENIC FACTORS; BIOMASS BURNING; DISTRIBUTION; IMPACTS; TRACE A; TROPOSPHERE;

ATLANTIC, (TROPICAL SOUTH);

EID: 0030433895     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jd00717     Document Type: Article

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