Overview of the inorganic and organic composition of size-segregated aerosol in Rondônia, Brazil, from the biomass-burning period to the onset of the wet season

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Fuzzi, Sandro ^a   Decesari, Stefano ^a   Facchini, Maria Cristina ^a   Cavalli, Fabrizia ^a   Emblico, Lorenzo ^a   Mircea, Mihaiela ^a   Andreae, Meinrat O ^b   Trebs, Ivonne ^b   Hoffer, András ^b   Guyon, Pascal ^b   Artaxo, Paulo ^c   Rizzo, Luciana V ^c   Lara, Luciene L ^c   Pauliquevis, Theotonio ^c   Maenhaut, Willy ^d   Raes, Nico ^d   Chi, Xuguang ^d   Mayol Bracero, Olga L ^e   Soto García, Lydia L ^e   Claeys, Magda ^f   Kourtchev, Ivan ^f   Rissler, Jenny ^g   Swietlicki, Erik ^g   Tagliavini, Emilio ^h   Schkolnik, Gal ⁱ   Falkovich, Alla H ⁱ   Rudich, Yinon ⁱ   Fisch, Gilberto ^j   Gatti, Luciana V ^k   more..

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE   (Italy)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^g LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

ⁱ WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^j INSTITUTO DE AERONÁUTICA E ESPAÇO   (Brazil)

^k INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; BIOMASS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMBUSTION; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

AEROSOL; BIOMASS BURNING; BOUNDARY LAYER; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; FIELD SURVEY; INORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; WET SEASON;

AMAZON BASIN; BRAZIL; RONDONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34547655099     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006741     Document Type: Review

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