Particulate contributions to light extinction and local forcing at a rural Illinois site

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 33, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 2637-2646

  Omar, Ali H ^a,b   Biegalski, Steve ^a   Larson, Susan M ^a   Landsberger, Sheldon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct aerosol forcing; Extinction efficiency; Organic carbon; Soot; Sulfate

Indexed keywords

DIRECT AEROSOL FORCING; EXTINCTION EFFICIENCY; ORGANIC CARBON; SULFATE;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; LIGHT EXTINCTION; LIGHT SCATTERING;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AMMONIUM SULFATE; SULFATE;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; LIGHT SCATTERING; PARTICULATE MATTER; RADIATIVE FORCING;

AEROSOL; AIR MONITORING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DIFFUSION; HUMIDITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SCATTERING; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033180872     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(98)00327-6     Document Type: Article

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