Influence of vertical transport on free tropospheric aerosols over the central USA in springtime

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1367-1370

  Talbot, R W ^a   Dibb, J E ^a   Loomis, M B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CALCIUM; MIXING; TROPOSPHERE;

FREE TROPOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; TROPOSPHERE;

USA;

EID: 0032076336     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL00184     Document Type: Article

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