Climatology of aerosol composition (organic versus inorganic) at nonurban sites on a west-east transect across Europe

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 23, 2007, Pages

  Pio, Casimiro A ^a   Legrand, Michel ^b   Oliveira, T ^a   Afonso, J ^a   Santos, C ^a   Caseiro, A ^a,d   Fialho, P ^c   Barata, F ^c   Puxbaum, Hans ^d   Sanchez Ochoa, A ^d   Kasper Giebl, Anne ^d   Gelencsér, András ^e   Preunkert, Susanne ^b   Schock, M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^d VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PANNONIA   (Hungary)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLIMATOLOGY; ORGANIC CARBON; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

AEROSOL; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATOLOGY; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PARTITIONING; TRANSECT; TROPOSPHERE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; AZORES; BACS-KISKUN; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUNGARY; K-PUSZTA; MACARONESIA; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 38949179557     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD008038     Document Type: Article

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