Dominance of organic aerosols in the marine boundary layer over the Gulf of Maine during NEAQS 2002 and their role in aerosol light scattering

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 110, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 1-14

  Bates, Tim S ^a,b   Quinn, P K ^a,b   Coffman, D J ^a,b   Johnson, J E ^a,b   Middlebrook, A M ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PROPERTY; AIR QUALITY; BOUNDARY LAYER; LIGHT SCATTERING; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; OPTICAL PROPERTY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MAINE; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 27744467653     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD005797     Document Type: Article

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