Dust characteristics over the North Pacific observed through shipboard measurements during the ACE-Asia experiment

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 36, 2007, Pages 7907-7922

  Gao, Yuan ^a   Anderson, James R ^b   Hua, Xin ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian aerosols; Dust; Iron; Shipboard sampling; Soot

Indexed keywords

ALUMINOSILICATES; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; FOSSIL FUELS; IRON COMPOUNDS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SALTS; SURFACE WATERS;

ASIAN AEROSOLS; INDIVIDUAL PARTICLE ANALYSIS; SEA SALTS; SHIPBOARD SAMPLINGS;

DUST;

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; IRON; SILICON; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFATE; SULFUR; SURFACE WATER;

ACE 1; AEROSOL; DUST; EXPERIMENT; FOSSIL FUEL; IRON; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SEA SALT; SOOT; SULFATE;

AEROSOL; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMBUSTION; DESERT; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EXHAUST GAS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIP; SOIL; SOOT;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 35548973002     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.06.060     Document Type: Article

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