Arctic haze: Current trends and knowledge gaps

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 99-114

  Quinn, Patricia K ^a   Shaw, G ^b   Andrews, E ^c   Dutton, E G ^a   Ruoho Airola, T ^d   Gong, S L ^e  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; EMISSION; FOREST FIRE; HAZE; LIGHT SCATTERING; NITROGEN OXIDES; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

ALASKA; ALERT; BARROW; CANADA; ELLESMERE ISLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; NUNAVUT; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SCANDINAVIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846546253     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: 16000889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0889.2006.00236.x     Document Type: Article

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