Transport of Asian air pollution to North America

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 711-714

  Jaffe, Dan ^a   Anderson, Theodore ^b   Covert, Dave ^b   Kotchenruther, Robert ^b   Trost, Barbara ^c   Danielson, Jen ^c   Simpson, William ^c   Berntsen, Terje ^d   Karlsdottir, Sigrun ^d   Blake, Donald ^e   Harris, Joyce ^f   Carmichael, Greg ^f   Uno, Itsushi ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOTHELL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH OSLO CICERO   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; METEOROLOGY;

AIR POLLUTION TRANSPORT;

AIR POLLUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033559281     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900100     Document Type: Article

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