Is aerosol production within the remote marine boundary layer sufficient to maintain observed concentrations?

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D3, 1999, Pages 3483-3500

  Capaldo, Kevin P ^a   Kasibhatla, Prasad ^b   Pandis, Spyros N ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL FORMATION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BOUNDARY LAYER; MARINE ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 0033585962     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998JD100080     Document Type: Article

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