Observations and model calculations of trace gas scavenging in a dense Saharan dust plume during MINATROC

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1787-1803

  de Reus, M ^a   Fischer, H ^a   Sander, R ^a   Gros, V ^a,c   Kormann, R ^a   Salisbury, G ^a   Van Dingenen, R ^b   Williams, J ^a   Zollner M ^a   Lelieveld, J ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; DUST; MODEL; PLUME; SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY); TRACE GAS;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; OCEANIC REGIONS; SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE [(PRV) CANARY ISLANDS]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TENERIFE; WORLD;

EID: 24644499008     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-5-1787-2005     Document Type: Article

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