Relationship between aerosol number concentrations and convergence fields in winter monsoon seasons

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Kikuchi, Katsuhiro ^a,b   Matsuoka, Seiki ^a   Uyeda, Hiroshi ^a   Kikuchi, Osamu ^a,c   Lee, Dong In ^d  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AKITA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Japan Air System   (Japan)

^d Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aerosol particles; Convergence fields; Doppler radar; Sea salt nuclei; Winter monsoon season

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONVERGENCE; MONSOON;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HOKKAIDO; ISHIKARI BAY; JAPAN; REBUN;

EID: 1642497615     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jd001271     Document Type: Article

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