Highlights of fifty years of atmospheric aerosol research at Mace Head

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 90, Issue 2-4, 2008, Pages 338-355

  O'Connor, T C ^a   Jennings, S G ^a   O'Dowd, C D ^a  

^a School of Physics   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Aerosol fluxes; Aerosol sources; Mace Head; Marine aerosols; Nucleation; Optical properties; Organic aerosols; Volatility

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERICS; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CLIMATOLOGY; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

AEROSOL SOURCES; MACE HEAD; MARINE AEROSOLS; ORGANIC AEROSOLS; VOLATILITY;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; NUCLEATION; OPTICAL PROPERTY; RESEARCH WORK;

CONNACHT; COUNTY GALWAY; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; MACE HEAD; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 56249114499     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2008.08.014     Document Type: Article

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