Number-size distributions of aerosol particles in the free troposphere over the northwestern Pacific Ocean - influence of Asian outflow and tropical air transport

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1147-1160

  Zaizen, Yuji ^a   Okada, Kikuo ^a   Ikegami, Miwako ^a   Sawa, Yousuke ^a   Makino, Yukio ^a  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; PARTICULATE MATTER; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TROPOSPHERE;

OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); WORLD;

EID: 4744340555     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.2004.1147     Document Type: Article

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