Observations of Asian air pollution in the free troposphere at Mount Bachelor Observatory during the spring of 2004

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 10, 2006, Pages

  Weiss Penzias, Peter ^a   Jaffe, Daniel A ^a   Swartzendruber, Philip ^a,b   Dennison, James B ^a,c   Chand, Duli ^a   Hafner, William ^a   Prestbo, Eric ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOTHELL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY   (United States)

^d Frontier Geosciences Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIOSONDES; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CARBON MONOXIDE; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; MIXING RATIO; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PARTICULATE FLUX; POLLUTANT SOURCE; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

ASIA; EURASIA; NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745927400     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006522     Document Type: Article

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