On the spatial extent and evolution of coastal aerosol plumes

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 19, 2002, Pages

  O'Dowd, Colin D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Aircraft measurements; Coastal aerosols; New particle formation; Nucleation; Plumes

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MAPPING; NUCLEATION; SCATTERING; TIDES;

AEROSOL; AIRBORNE SURVEY; COASTAL ZONE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; NUCLEATION; PARTICLE SIZE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC COAST [EUROPE]; ATLANTIC COAST [IRELAND]; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 4544256081     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD000422     Document Type: Article

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