Evolution of aerosol properties over the rain forest in Surinam, South America, observed from aircraft during the LBA-CLAIRE 98 experiment

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 18, 2003, Pages

  Krejci, Radovan ^a   Ström, Johan ^a   de Reus, Marian ^a,b   Hoor, Peter ^b   Williams, Jonathan ^b   Fischer, Horst ^b   Hansson, Hans Christen ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Convection; Free troposphere; Mixed layer; New particle formation; Tropics

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PROPERTY; BOUNDARY LAYER; RAINFOREST; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TROPOSPHERE;

SOUTH AMERICA; SURINAME;

EID: 1342331985     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jd001375     Document Type: Article

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