Regional and global trends in sulfate aerosol since the 1980s

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 14, 2007, Pages

  Manktelow, P T ^a   Mann, G W ^a   Carslaw, K S ^a   Spracklen, D V ^a   Chipperfield, M P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; OXIDATION; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC SULFATE CONCENTRATIONS; IN-CLOUD OXIDATION;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; OXIDATION; SULFATE; SULFUR EMISSION;

ASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 34548597156     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL028668     Document Type: Article

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