Large-scale impacts of anthropogenic pollution and boreal wildfires on the nitrogen oxides over the central North Atlantic region

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 17, 2008, Pages

  Val Martin, M ^a,b   Honrath, R E ^a   Owen, R C ^a   Lapina, K ^a  

^a Michigan Technological University   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDES; TROPOSPHERE;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BOREAL FOREST; EMISSION; NITROGEN OXIDES; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION EFFECT; TROPOSPHERE; WILDFIRE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; AZORES; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; NORTH AMERICA; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 56349150507     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD009689     Document Type: Article

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