Chemical apportionment of aerosol column optical depth off the mid-Atlantic coast of the United States

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 102, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 25293-25303

  Hegg, Dean A ^a   Livingston, John ^b   Hobbs, Peter V ^a   Novakov, T ^c   Russell, Philip ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AEROSOLS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; OPTICAL DEPTH; OPTICAL DEPTHS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

USA, ATLANTIC COAST;

EID: 0031430408     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jd02293     Document Type: Article

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