In-situ airborne observations of the microphysical properties of the Arctic tropospheric aerosol during late spring and summer

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 60 B, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 392-404

  Engvall, Ann Christine ^a   Krejci, Radovan ^a   Ström, Johan ^a   Minikin, Andreas ^b   Treffeisen, Renate ^c   Stohl, Andreas ^d   Herber, Andreas ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PROPERTY; AIRBORNE SURVEY; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DETECTION METHOD; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPRING (SEASON); SUMMER; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 45449116725     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: 16000889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0889.2008.00348.x     Document Type: Article

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