Acidic gases (HCOOH, CH3COOH, HNO3, HCl, and SO2) and related aerosol species at a high mountain Alpine site (4360 m elevation) in Europe

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 23, 2007, Pages

  Preunkert, Susanne ^a   Legrand, Michel ^a   Jourdain, B ^a   Dombrowski Etchevers, I ^a,b,c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^c Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; FORMIC ACID; GAS EMISSIONS; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MOUNTAIN REGION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SULFATE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; SUMMER; TROPOSPHERE;

ALPS; ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; FRANCE; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 38949183001     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD008225     Document Type: Article

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