Evidence for volcanic influence on Mexico City aerosols

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1149-1152

  Raga, G B ^a   Kok, G L ^b   Baumgardner, D ^a,b   Baez A ^a   Rosas, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CARBON; CARBON MONOXIDE; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; VOLCANOES; ADSORPTION; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; FOG; OZONE LAYER; RAIN; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AQUEOUS CHEMISTRY; HIGH HUMIDITY; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE FORMATIONS; PARTICULATE SULFATES; SULFATE CONCENTRATIONS; VOLCANIC EMISSION;

SULFUR DIOXIDE; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

MEXICO CITY; PARTICULATE SULFATE; VOLCANIC EMISSIONS;

AEROSOL FORMATION; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

MEXICO;

EID: 0033560515     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900154     Document Type: Article

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