Aircraft measurements over Europe of an air pollution plume from Southeast Asia - Aerosol and chemical characterization

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 913-937

  Stohl, A ^a   Forster, C ^a,b   Huntrieser, H ^b   Mannstein, H ^b   McMillan, W W ^c   Petzold, A ^b   Schlager, H ^b   Weinzierl, B ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIRBORNE SURVEY; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EMISSION; MIXING RATIO; NITROGEN OXIDES; NUCLEATION; OZONE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION MONITORING; RICHARDSON NUMBER; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

FALCONIDAE;

EID: 33847186623     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-7-913-2007     Document Type: Article

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