Aerosol properties and chemical apportionment of aerosol optical depth at locations off the U.S. East Coast in July and August 2001

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 919-933

  Magi, Brian I ^a   Hobbs, Peter V ^a   Kirchstetter, Thomas W ^b   Novakov, Tihomir ^b   Hegg, Dean A ^a   Gao, Song ^a   Redemann, Jens ^c   Schmid, Beat ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c BAY AREA ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CARBON BLACK; CONDENSATION; ESTIMATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; PHOTOMETERS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

HYGROSCOPIC GROWTH; IN SITU MEASUREMENTS; LIGHT ABSORPTION COEFFICIENTS; PHOTOMETER MEASUREMENTS;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICAL DEPTH;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 18544374709     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3263.1     Document Type: Article

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