Transport pathways for Asian pollution outflow over the Pacific: Interannual and seasonal variations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 20, 2003, Pages

  Liu, Hongyu ^a   Jacob, Daniel J ^a   Bey, Isabelle ^a   Yantosca, Robert M ^a   Duncan, Bryan N ^a   Sachse, Glen W ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass burning; Carbon monoxide; Interannual variability; Outflow pathways; Pollution transport

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIOMASS BURNING; OUTFLOW; TEMPORAL VARIATION; ANNUAL VARIATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TROPOSPHERE;

ASIA; EURASIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC RIM; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLIMATOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 0346829868     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd003102     Document Type: Article

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