Six 'new' episodes of trans-Pacific transport of air pollutants

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 391-404

  Jaffe, Dan ^a   McKendry, Ian ^b   Anderson, Tad ^c   Price, Heather ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOTHELL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Asia; Asian air pollution; Dust; Long range transport; Ozone

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CARBON MONOXIDE; COASTAL ZONES; DUST; HYDROCARBONS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; SCATTERING;

AIR POLLUTANTS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

CHEMICAL COMPOUND;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DUST; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; OZONE; TRANSBOUNDARY POLLUTION;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GAS ANALYSIS; MINERAL DUST; NORTH AMERICA; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPOSPHERE;

EURASIA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0347033274     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(02)00862-2     Document Type: Article

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