Size-resolved chemical composition of aerosol particles during a monsoonal transition period over the Indian Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 16, 2008, Pages

  Spencer, M T ^a   Holecek, J C ^b   Corrigan, C E ^b   Ramanathan, V ^b   Prather, K A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIOFUELS; COMBUSTION; OCEANOGRAPHY; ORGANIC CARBON; OZONE; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIOFUEL; BIOMASS BURNING; BLACK CARBON; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMBUSTION; FLY ASH; NITRATE; ORGANIC CARBON; OZONE; SEA SALT; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AIR MASS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATIVE FORCING; SOOT; SULFATE;

INDIAN OCEAN;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON BLACK; COMBUSTION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; FLY ASH; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OCEANOGRAPHY; ORGANIC CARBON; OZONE;

AEROSOL PARTICLES; AEROSOL TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETERS; AETHALOMETER; AIR MASS; BLACK CARBON; BURNING PARTICLES; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CLOUD PROCESSING; ELEMENTAL CARBON; INDIAN OCEAN; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MIXING STATE; OZONE FORMATION; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; RADIATIVE PROPERTIES; SEA SALTS; SECONDARY PROCESSING; SUB-MICRON PARTICLES; TRANSITION PERIOD;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

EID: 56349104820     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD008657     Document Type: Article

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