Submicrometer aerosol particle distributions in the upper troposphere over the mid-latitude North Atlantic - Results from the third route of 'CARIBIC'

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 60 B, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 106-117

  Hermann, M ^a   Brenninkmeijer, C A M ^b   Slemr, F ^b   Heintzenberg, J ^a   Martinsson, B G ^c   Schlager, H ^d   Van Velthoven, P F J ^e   Wiedensohler, A ^a   Zahn, A ^f   Ziereis, H ^d  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^e ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^f KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MEASUREMENT METHOD; PROBABILITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRANSPORT PROCESS; TROPOSPHERE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 38349026445     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: 16000889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0889.2007.00323.x     Document Type: Article

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