Composition and diurnal variability of the natural Amazonian aerosol

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 24, 2003, Pages

  Graham, Bim ^a   Guyon, Pascal ^a   Maenhaut, Willy ^b   Taylor, Philip E ^c   Ebert, Martin ^d   Matthias Maser, Sabine ^e   Mayol Bracero, Olga L ^a   Godoi, Ricardo H M ^f   Artaxo, Paulo ^g   Meixner, Franz X ^a   Lima Moura, Marcos A ^h   Eça D'Almeida Rocha, Carlos H ^h   Van Grieken, R ^f   Glovsky, M Michael ^c,i   Flagan, Richard C ^c   Andreae, Meinrat O ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^d DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^h FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ALAGOAS   (Brazil)

ⁱ HUNTINGTON MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon; Bioaerosol; Biogenic aerosol; Elemental composition; Organic aerosol; Spores

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; BIOGENIC EMISSION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIURNAL VARIATION; ORGANIC MATTER;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 1642321144     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003jd004049     Document Type: Article

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