Export of Asian pollution during two cold front episodes of the TRACE-P experiment

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 15, 2004, Pages

  Mari, C ^a   Evans, M J ^b   Palmer, P I ^b   Jacob, D J ^b   Sachse, G W ^c  

^a LABORATOIRE D AÉROLOGIE   (France)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Pollution; TRACE P; Warm conveyor belt

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; DILUTION; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT;

ASIA; EURASIA;

EID: 6444242092     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JD004307     Document Type: Article

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