Ozone and aerosol distributions and air mass characteristics over the South Atlantic Basin during the burning season

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 101, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 24043-24068

  Browell, E V ^a   Fenn, M A ^a,b   Butler, C F ^a,b   Grant, W B ^a   Clayton, M B ^a,b   Fishman, J ^a   Bachmeier, A S ^a,c   Anderson, B E ^a   Gregory, G L ^a   Fuelberg, H E ^d   Bradshaw, J D ^e   Sandholm, S T ^e   Blake, D R ^f   Heikes, B G ^g   Sachse, G W ^a   Singh, H B ^h   Talbot, R W ⁱ  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^h NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AEROSOLS; AIR MASS; AIR MASSES; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ANTHROPOGENIC FACTORS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIOMASS BURNING; DISTRIBUTION; OZONE; TRACE A;

ATLANTIC, (TROPICAL SOUTH);

EID: 0030438106     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95jd02536     Document Type: Article

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