The aerosol at Barrow, Alaska: Long-term trends and source locations

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 33, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 2441-2458

  Polissar, A V ^a,b   Hopke, P K ^a   Paatero, P ^c   Kaufmann, Y J ^d   Hall, D K ^d   Bodhaine, B A ^e   Dutton, E G ^c   Harris, J M ^e  

^a CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic haze; Atmospheric aerosol; Factor analysis; Potential source contribution function; Trends

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH; ARCTIC HAZE; BLACK CARBON MASS; CONDENSATION NUCLEI; FACTOR ANALYSIS; POTENTIAL SOURCE CONTRIBUTION FUNCTION; TREND;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CARBON; CONDENSATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SULFUR;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PROVENANCE; TREND ANALYSIS;

AEROSOL; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033167856     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(98)00423-3     Document Type: Article

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