Transport and recirculation of aerosols off Southern Africa - Macroscale plume structure

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1511-1524

  Tyson, P D ^b   D'Abreton, P C ^a  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aerosol layers; Aerosol plumes; Haze layers; Plume structure; Recirculation

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLIMATOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; THERMAL PLUMES;

MACROSCALE PLUME STRUCTURE;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; PARTICLE MOTION; PLUME;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLUME;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BOUNDARY LAYER; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; PLUME; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; WINTER;

(SOUTHERN); AFRICA; ATLANTIC; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0032076858     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(97)00392-0     Document Type: Article

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