Contribution of the different aerosol species to the aerosol mass load and optical depth over the northeastern tropical Atlantic

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D4, 1999, Pages 4025-4035

  Chiapello, Isabelle ^a,b   Bergametti, Gilles ^a,e   Chatenet, Bernadette ^a,e   Dulac, Francois ^c   Jankowiak, Isabelle ^b   Liousse, Catherine ^c   Soares, Emmanuel Santos ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^b Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d Institute Nacional de Meteorologia e Geofisica Delegacao de Sao Vicente   (Cape Verde)

^e LABORATOIRE INTERUNIVERSITAIRE DES SYSTÈMES ATMOSPHÉRIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARTICLE SIZE;

(NORTHEAST); ATLANTIC OCEAN; CAPE VERDE; SAL ISLAND;

EID: 0033608506     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998JD200044     Document Type: Article

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