Concentrations and sources of organic carbon aerosols in the free troposphere over North America

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 23, 2006, Pages

  Heald, Colette L ^a,b   Jacob, Daniel J ^b   Turquety, Solène ^b,c   Hudman, Rynda C ^b   Weber, Rodney J ^d   Sullivan, Amy P ^d   Peltier, Richard E ^d   Atlas, Eliot L ^e   de Gouw, Joost A ^f,g   Warneke, Carsten ^f,g   Holloway, John S ^f,g   Neuman, Andrew ^f,g   Flocke, Frank M ^h   Seinfeld, John H ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUT PIERRE SIMON LAPLACE   (France)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^f NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^h NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

ⁱ California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLIMATE CHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; TROPOSPHERE;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; BIOMASS BURNING; BOUNDARY LAYER; ORGANIC CARBON; POLLUTANT SOURCE; TROPOSPHERE;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 34250019469     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD007705     Document Type: Article

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