Biomass burning and anthropogenic sources of CO over New England in the summer 2004

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 23, 2006, Pages

  Warneke, Carsten ^a,b   de Gouw, J A ^a,b   Stohl, A ^a,b,c   Cooper, O R ^a,b   Goldan, P D ^a   Kuster, W C ^a   Holloway, J S ^a,b   Williams, E J ^a,b   Lerner, B M ^a,b   McKeen, S A ^a   Trainer, M ^a   Fehsenfeld, F C ^a   Atlas, E L ^d   Donnelly, S G ^e   Stroud, Verity ^f   Lueb, Amy ^f   Kato, S ^b  

^a EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^e FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONITRILE; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIRES; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

AIR QUALITY; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; CARBON MONOXIDE; MIXING RATIO; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; URBAN POLLUTION; WILDFIRE;

ALASKA; CANADA; NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947666510     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006878     Document Type: Article

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