Global distribution and sources of volatile and nonvolatile aerosol in the remote troposphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 11, 2002, Pages

  Singh, Hanwant B ^a   Anderson, B E ^b   Avery, M A ^b   Viezee, W ^a   Chen, Y ^a   Tabazadeh, A ^a   Hamill, P ^c   Pueschel, R ^a   Fuelberg, H E ^d   Hannan, J R ^d  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Condensation nuclei; PAN; Particles; Pollution; Upper troposphere

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; PEROXYACETYL NITRATE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 11144358371     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jd000486     Document Type: Article

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