Water-soluble organic nitrogen in Amazon Basin aerosols during the dry (biomass burning) and wet seasons

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 16, 2003, Pages

  Mace, Kimberly A ^a   Artaxo, Paulo ^b   Duce, Robert A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biomass burning; Nitrogen cycling; Organic nitrogen

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; BIOMASS BURNING; ORGANIC NITROGEN; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 1342268238     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003jd003557     Document Type: Article

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