Overview of the 1999 Atlantas supersite project

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 7, 2003, Pages

  Solomon, Paul A ^a   Chameides, William ^b   Weber, Rodney ^b   Middlebrook, Ann ^c   Kiang, C S ^b   Russell, Armistead G ^b   Butler, Andre J ^d   Turpin, Barbara ^e   Mikel, Dennis ^a   Scheffe, Richard ^a   Cowling, Ellis B ^f   Edgerton, Eric ^g   St John, James ^b   Jansen, John J ^h   McMurry, Peter ⁱ   Hering, Susanne V ^j   Bahadori, Tina ^k  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d MERCER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Atmospheric Research and Analysis Inc   (United States)

^h Southern Company Services Incorporated   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^j AEROSOL DYNAMICS INC   (United States)

^k Long Range Research Initiative Team   (United States)

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Author keywords

Atlanta Supersite Project; Chemical characteristics; Continuous speciation methods; Methods comparison; Overview; Particle mass spectrometers

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

EID: 0346607189     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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